Local Arts

Codie Prevost, a former GX94 Talent Search competitor, is now a country music recording artist.Monday, Prevost, who grew up at Archerwill, will be at 5th Avenue Cup & Saucer performing in support of the album.

Congratulations to Stacey and Cory Exner of Herbert, Sask, on the birth of their second child, a son Grady Chase. He was born on September 10, 2010 at the Cypress Regional Hospital, in Swift Current. Grady weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces.

Yorkton Council gave a bylaw which opens the way for a private developer to purchase a piece of land along Highway 9 and Broadway Street adjacent to the Parkland Mall.

Blake Berglund makes a return visit to 5th Avenue Cup & Saucer in Yorkton Monday, Nov. 8.For the country singer now based in B.C., playing Yorkton is really returning to his home turf.

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDZachary AasmanIndie8-out-of-10 If you are a regular for music at 5th Avenue Cup & Saucer in Yorkton, and you should be if you like alternative folk, you will no doubt recall Zachary Aasman who played at the local coffeehouse back on

A report was released recently outlining tax policy changes which could better Saskatchewan in terms of being competitive with other Western provinces in Canada.

There is a new facet to this year's Grain Millers Harvest Showdown in Yorkton which has organizers excited. "The biggest thing this year is the Canola Expo," said Yorkton Exhibition Association manager Shaun Morin.

On Sunday, October 24, the Yorkton Rural RCMP Detachment attended to Theodore, SK where the Canada Post Office was broken into.The suspect(s) used force to gain access to the building by prying a steel door open.

The loons of Madge Lake appear to have had a good year rearing young.

"I actually prefer Halloween over Christmas," says Blake De Jong as he gets his haunted house ready for the weekend. The 20-year-old has been part of haunted house projects in the past, but this is his first time taking charge.