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You don’t volunteer for recognition, but when it comes it is appreciated. That was the response of Bruce Thurston and Mya Desmarais who were announced last week as the inaugural recipients of the City of Yorkton’s Citizen Recognition Awards.

The last time Yorkton This Week spoke to Zayell Johnston, he was part-way through his walk across Canada, stopping at home in Yorkton before pushing onwards toward Newfoundland.

The Licensed Practical Nursing program at the Parkland College is complete, and this year’s crop of new nurses received their pins to commemorate the successful completion of the program.

Christmas is in one week, and the Salvation Army is making the final push in the kettle campaign. They are 64 per cent of the way to their goal, having raised $57,598 as of Saturday, Dec. 15.

Kelcey Harasen would like to see more people shopping in Yorkton’s downtown.

Barry Sharpe has been walking down the halls of the Yorkton Regional High School since before the school existed.

A small group gathered Saturday on Smith Street down from Cathay Wagantall’s office in protest of current federal government initiatives.

When the hoarfrost was heavy, and the temperatures a touch chilly it was ideal for an old-fashioned horse-drawn sleigh ride.

The third novel in the Milligan Creek Series, which is set in a fictionalized version of Foam Lake, SK. has been released.

Gingerbread houses are a Christmas tradition, and kids at the Yorkton Public Library had an opportunity to build some of their own, though they used a graham cracker base for their own edible homes.