Local Arts

So you want to learn to fly? Then a visit to the Yorkton Municipal Airport should have been on your weekend itinerary.

A glass of wine and some good food is an ideal evening for many. That was certainly the case for the hundreds of people who attended the annual ‘Taste of Yorkton’ event at the Flexihall in the Gallagher Centre this evening, (Saturday).

It was a fun way to say thanks as Avenue Living Communities hosted a Yorkton Resident Appreciation BBQ Saturday.

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Local area author Lorraine Johnson has a book out for the younger reader. Johnson said the idea for Baxter and the Blue Bunny came from observing his pet pooch.

A new book by Richard Doornink; 1967 – a coming of age story has its roots firmly set in Yorkton. “I was born in Winnipeg in 1958,” relates the author.

The Saltcoats Historical Society is set to present Legends - Country, Soul, and Rock ‘n Roll Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Anne Portnuff Theatre in Yorkton.

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society held its Fall Plant and Bulb Sale today (Friday), at the Parkland Mall in the city.

It has been a busy summer at the Saltcoats Museum, seeing another step in our renovation process come to completion. This season saw interior work done.

In Yorkton Provincial Court on Sept.19, a youth charged in the murder of Colin Focht has plead not guilty. The seventeen-year-old, who cannot be named due to his age, has elected a trial with judge alone in Court of Queen’s Bench.