Local Arts

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.

Regional Park hosts more free family programming

Crowds enjoy yearly outdoor event

Young princesses met Anna, Elsa, Cinderella, and other Disney icons at the Gallagher Centre on July 20. The Regina-based company Storybook Princess Parties hosted the Friday event.

Yorktonites checked under the hoods of dozens of classic and beautiful vehicles on Friday and Saturday. Automobiles filled the Staples and Painted Hand Casino parking lots on July 20 and 21 for the Cruise Weekend Car Show.

Yorkton’s Shelwin House will be starting a new program at Churchbridge Public School this fall, teaching kids how to foster healthy relationships.

The former Credit Union at 44 Fourth Avenue North is a step closer to being used again. At the regular meeting of Yorkton Council July 16, the owners received a parking exemption for the property.