Local Arts

The Yorkton Regional Airport apron is earning some extra breathing room for its airplanes thanks to a provincial-municipal government grant.

Children at the Yorkton Family Resource Centre (YFRC) have a new pair of friends to encourage them to read and to spread generosity and joy. The Kindness Elves project launched at the YFRC in the SIGN building on Broadway Street on May 18.

Marchers carried signs and filled the streets of Yorkton on May 19 to celebrate diversity and inclusion. Over 30 people participated in the 2018 Yorkton Pride March last Saturday.

Some documentary filmmakers can feel like interlopers in the stories they choose to tell. For Kolby Kostyniuk, making his latest film was like returning to his natural habitat. “Doing this movie felt like going home,” he said.

Dwarven Miner was one of those games where the expectations were not overly high, and the game experience ended up as rather satisfying.

In Saskatchewan, people who want to recycle their cans and bottles go to a SARCAN depot. These are a variety of sizes, from small outlets in small towns to the biggest depots, which are in the XL category.

You might say art is in the hands for Angela Kardynal. The Yorkton-based painter currently has her works on display at the pARTners Gallery in the Yorkton Public Library with most of the works highlighting close ups of hands.

Despite living in Saskatoon for most of his life, Eric Thiessen never knew the city had a mobile crisis centre. When he researched the group and looked into the work they do, he knew he had to tell their story. “[It’s] pretty astonishing,” he said.

Weiye Su’s seven-minute experimental film opens with a shot of a window. As light fills the screen, Su narrates his experience with Saskatchewan’s vast expanses of land and sky. The window fades into a wide shot of the Prairies in the winter.

His Honour the Honourable W. Thomas Molloy, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, hosted the 2018 Saskatchewan Literacy Awards of Merit on Thursday, May 3, 2018 in Regina, SK at Government House.