Local Arts

A barbecue fundraiser for Dance Innovations was held Saturday at Save On Foods in the Parkland Mall in the city. Money raised will go to support students who are travelling for summer dance education opportunities.

There was a two vehicle motor vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle and a gravel truck at the intersection of Highway #9 and Queen St. at 4:23 p.m.

The Canadian Federation of University Women raised money for scholarships w ith a Hot Dog sale at Yorkton Co-op on July 27. Pictured are Sandra Baron, Mary Beth Kohlert and LuAnne Malinowski, who were cooking for hungry folks in Yorkton.

The Yellowhead Flyway Birding Trail Association wants kids to take a closer look at the world outside, and they’re always looking at different things that might get kids interested.

The Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society is improving the area around the mill in order to make it a green space in the heart of Yorkton. A pair of recent donations are helping make that possible.

What we wear can define us, and what people wear through history, whether they’re wearing it for work or leisure, can tell us something about the lives they lead.

A near 30-year stint as executive director of the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association has earned Yorkton’s Dave Akister an honourary life membership with the Canadian Seed Growers Association.

Summer brings with it mosquitoes, and those mosquitoes bring with them problems of their own. If they are culex mosquitoes, that problem is West Nile Virus.

Saturday 10 local area barbecue aficionados stoked up their smokers and mixed up their secret runs and sauces to compete in the Ron Skinner/Colliers International Amateur BBQ Competition.

Yorktonites chowed down on burgers and hot dogs outside Value Village last Saturday. The BBQ raised $237 for the Family Resource Centre.