Local Arts

An evening car accident in Theodore resulted in a fatality last week. On Jul. 8 at approximately 6:50 p.m., Yorkton Rural Detachment responded to reports of a motor accident at the intersection of Highway 651 and Highway 16 in Theodore.

With a sound built on a foundation of bluegrass The Dead South have been finding new fans around the world.

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.