Local Arts

Yorkton Council has passed both its 2011 Operating and Capital Budgets at its regular meeting Monday.The Operating Budget is set at $20,319,000, while the Capital Budget for projects is $13,378,760.

After a beautiful Baptismal service at the United Church to welcome Pacey Elizabeth Barber, daughter of Sara & Jay Barber, of Swiftcurrent, SK (grand daughter of Kent and Sandy Ritchie) to the church.

On the weekend of Nov. 5-7 the Yorkton United F.C. U14 traveled to Saskatoon for their first tournament of the indoor soccer season at the Lakewood Kick Start Soccer tournament.

Yorkton Council moved to pass both its operational budgets (see related story this issue) at its regular meeting Monday.

Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud recently introduced amendments to The Animal Protection Act, 1999. The proposed amendments to the Act include increasing the maximum fine level for animal abuse to $25,000 for each convicted offence.

Hundreds turned out to honor Remembrance Day at the Gallagher Centre Flexihall on November 11. This year's guest address came from Major Ron Haskell (bottom), a reservist, schoolteacher, and Afghanistan veteran.

Doctors from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Washington announced in September that they could just as well handle certain brain surgeries by access not in the traditional way through the top of the skull but by drillin

The attention of the Saskatchewan aviation scene will be focused on Yorkton this week as the city is the host centre for the 2010 Wings of Saskatchewan Conference & Trade ShowCheryl Denesowych, one of the local event organizers said this week's confe

The Calder Rec Board would like to thank everyone who attended our Annual Fall Supper. A big thank you goes out to the ladies who helped make the cabbage rolls, perogies & the dainties. The Calder Seniors have been busy with their whist drives.

Three years ago JRDN Croucher teamed up with Grammy-nominated Kuya Productions (Akon, Ginuwine) and the writing process began for the album IAMJRDN released November 9th.