Local Arts

The New Horizons held their President’s Ball in May, which saw their new board of directors introduced to the crowd, along with an evening of fun and dancing.

The Pinoy Fiesta is about bringing people together. Now in its 9th year, and second at the Western Development Museum, the event celebrates the Filipino culture in Yorkton through food, dance and entertainment.

China is a huge market in terms of potential trade exports. That potential has already been realized by a number of Yorkton and area businesses including Buckle Great Northern Beef Corp.

Everyone seems to love fireworks, and many gathered at the Painted Hand Casino Main Stage Saturday evening to enjoy the display, which was one of the final events of the annual Yorkton Exhibition.

The countdown to bus extinction has begun (in the Prairies, at least). Greyhound Canada will be closing its passenger bus and freight services in Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan (British Columbia will maintain a lone Vancouver-to-Seattle route).

On July 6 at 10:07 a.m., investigators from the RCMP Major Crime Unit arrested the driver of the semi-trailer unit, Jaskirat Sidhu (DOB: 1988-10-31), a 29-year-old male from Calgary, Alberta. Mr.

Canadian Raptor Conservancy is one of the largest captive breeding projects in the world. The Port Diver, ON. based organization has more than 200 captive-bred birds at its facility, and regularly breeds over 15 different species each year.

For the second year in a row a Langenburg-based rock band won the Yorkton’s Got Talent finals at the summer fair.

The light horse ring at the Yorkton summer fair was a classroom of sorts for Natasha Quigley. Quigley was shadowing show judge Tammy Hayward as part of a process to become a carded judge through the Saskatchewan Horse Federation (SHF).

The Health Foundation’s Rhythm ‘n’ Ribs will be bringing top quality barbecue to Yorkton. The amateur competition, challenging local barbecue enthusiasts to prepare their best ribs, is another highlight of the event.