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Fall and winter means that people need something to do, a reason to get out of the house and enjoy what the city has to offer. City Wide Registation, happening on Sept.

Sometime overnight between Sep 1st and Sep 2nd several vehicles and fences were tagged with blue spraypaint in the areas of Sunset Ave and Haultain Ave resulting in significant damage within the community.

On August 12th, 2019 at approximately 6:58pm the Yorkton RCMP responded to a complaint of a lone male in the Yorkton Liquor Store at 36 Broadway Ave E. The male left the store with alcoholic beverage with out paying.

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I said a final farewell to a pair of beloved relatives this week: my father’s identical twin brother, Dave, and his wife, Dorothy. Though they died many months apart, their memorial service waited until relatives could gather.

“David G Grade 3: The Tragicomic Memoir of a Reluctant Atheist" by David Robert Loblaw Published by Cameron House Media Review by Shelley A. Leedahl $20.

A very kind and generous friend recently gifted us with a clump of Jacob’s Ladder. Are you familiar with this plant? It is a pretty perennial that has a thick, bushy growing habit with dainty leaves, similar to a fern.

Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory

With food bank usage on the rise across Canada, the issue of hunger continues to be an ongoing concern in our community. From September 2018 to August 2019, the Salvation Army Yorkton Food Bank gave out 2,062 hampers, assisting 1,222 individuals.

On August 28, 2019 at 10 PM a group of 5-6 youths were seen damaging a scooter in the 100 block of Betts Ave North in Yorkton. The youth are described as 14-16yrs old, 2 females and 3-4 males. One a male was wearing a bright orange sweater.