Local Arts

If you live in Yorkton, you can’t help but be aware of the train, given the two rail lines that cut through the city. Rail safety week, which runs from Sept.

Savvy shoppers perused through a wide collection of musical instruments, homemade crafts, and handy tools last Saturday. The Gallagher Centre hosted a flea market on Sept. 22, providing a venue for vendors and buyers.

Twila and Angelo Napoleoni didn’t expect to be teaching Spanish again this year. The married couple run the Bara’ Academy of the Arts in Yorkton.

The crunch of fallen leaves. The soft patter of tumbling snow. The steady pops of airsoft guns. Just another Saturday for a group of weekend warriors.

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is being celebrated in Yorkton and area the week of October 1-7, 2018 with the theme “Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life.

Yorkton Council declared Waste Reduction Week in Yorkton at its regular meeting Sept. 17.

Lauren Denysek is headed back to the sea aboard a cruise ship continuing her career as a dancer. Denysek, who grew up in Yorkton, spent the summer rehabbing an injury suffered on her last cruise ship tour.

How city buses operate in Yorkton will soon change. The long familiar Dial-a-Bus system is going to be abandoned in favour of a two-loop fixed route picking up and dropping off customers along the way.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce (YCC) is set to celebrate the best local businesses early next month. YCC announced the finalists for its 13th Celebrate Success Business Awards at a luncheon on Sept. 20.

Several local towns will be swimming in powerful funding money in the near future, providing vital repair services for their water treatment and expansion projects.