Local Arts

The Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association (SWNA) awards the best in print each year at the annual Better Newspaper Competition. Yorkton This Week took home one first-place, three second-place and four third-place prizes.

A semi and a pickup truck collided in a fatal accident south of Yorkton last Friday. A northbound semi crashed head-on with a southbound pickup truck on Highway 9 south of Yorkton on Apr. 27. The vehicles spun into the east and west ditches.

A Yorkton man has been found guilty of sexual assault. Kenneth Hasper was found guilty of the lone charge of sexual assault in Court of Queen’s Bench in Yorkton. The charges stem from an incident on June 23 of 2017.

Mapmaker: Philip Turnor in Rupert’s Land in the Age of Enlightenment by Barbara Mitchell Published by University of Regina Press Review by Michelle Shaw $39.

Terrance Littletent and Chancz Perry come from different dance worlds. Littletent has performed traditional First Nations hoop dancing for decades, while Perry has specialized in North American hip hop styles.

The RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) has announced the winners of the 2018 Name the Puppy contest. “Thank you to all the children who sent in their suggestions,” said Staff Sergeant Gary Creed, acting Officer in Charge of the PDSTC.

Recently, the Town of Wynyard celebrated the official grand opening of its new $1.2 million centre for SARCAN and other recycling services, an infrastructure project funded in part by the federal and provincial governments.

“Sleuth: Gail Bowen on Writing Mysteries” by Gail Bowen Published by University of Regina Press Review by Keith Foster $18.

Children with mental and physical disabilities will have the chance to discover the joy of sports at a series of athletics camps. Special Olympics Saskatchewan (SAS) is hosting a Try-It camp at St. Alphonsus gym for three days in May.

The Yorkton Health and Wellness Expo is all about improving the health of the community, through the body and the mind. This year, the festival began with a cacao ceremony, facilitated by Brooklyn Berrns and Vinoth Ramanaathan.