Local Arts

There was room at the table at the Gallagher Centre, as the Canadian Foodgrains Bank celebrated the contributions of six area farm families to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and hopefully expand the amount of support in the area.

February 16, 2017 — a date that signifies one of the biggest moments in Mosaic’s potash history. On this day a year ago, we hit the potash level at our new mine in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan.

The Yorkton Film Festival is proud to announce that they have partnered with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress to present a screening of the film Myth: For What Wassyl Slipak Died.

A frozen sewer line kept the Yorkton Public Library out of commission over the weekend. The library began experiencing backups on Friday. An inspection revealed there was no running water in the building.

It was a busy time for Yorkton Councillor Randy Goulden last week as she attended a Board of Directors meeting with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in Laval, Quebec. Goulden said it was 13 meetings to attend over 3.5 days.

Mar. 21 is designated by the United Nations (UN) as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It’s a day observed all around the world to focus attention on the problems of racism and the need to promote racial harmony.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce, represented by President Mike Popowich, Vice President Mike Stackhouse and Executive Director Juanita Polegi met Friday, Mar. 2 with Hon. Warren Kaeding, Minister of Government Relations, and Hon.

Ukrainian Dance Week was unanimously proclaimed by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

Yorkton Council has unanimously endorsed a project at St. Paul Lutheran Church in the city.

Since operations began in October 2014, the carbon capture and storage (CCS) process at SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Power Station has prevented a total of more than two million tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere.