Local Arts

The four accused in the murder of Colin Focht all appeared before the courts on April 17. The two youth accused in the crime both appeared before Yorkton Provincial Court. Their return dates are April 29 and May 6.

Samara Yung has walked away from the recent Saskatchewan Country Music Association with another major award. Yung would bring home the Fans Choice Entertainer of the Year. She said the awards are always a humbling thing as an artist.

The Health Foundation is undertaking raising funds for new state of the art digital mammography equipment with tomosynthesis capability for the regional hospital in Yorkton This will be the first equipment of its kind in Saskatchewan; we will be sett

The tone was sombre on Friday night as Sacred Heart held a vigil for Mekayla Bali, who remains missing. The vigil aims to keep Bali in people’s thoughts in the hopes she will have a safe return.

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Three more people have been charged in the death of Colin Focht. Jordan Ironstand, 23, and a young offender who cannot be named, have both been charged with second degree murder.

In the spring of 1988, my seven-year-old daughter Amanda and I visited a monastery on a hilltop near Orangeville, Ontario. A short visit, but I recall it clearly with both amazement and regret.

Make a cup of tea, gardeners, and let’s sit and chat for a few minutes. Last time we visited, I was telling you about a kind friend who shared a box of gardening books with us, among them an old issue of the Prairie Garden from 1965.

A new show launched Sunday at the Godfrey Dean Gallery in the city by Carol Wylie a portrait painter living in Saskatoon.

Charges have been laid in connection to the death of a missing Yorkton man. Colin Focht, 25, went missing on Aug. 31, 2018. On April 4, 2019, human remains believed to be Focht, were discovered in a rural area outside of Yorkton.