Local Arts

Colbie Sherring is currently in France on an exchange arranged through the Rotary Club of Yorkton. “Being an exchange student has been a sort of dream of mine for several years now,” the 18-year-old told Yorkton This Week via email.

It was Pink Day at Dr. Brass School last Wednesday. In 2007, a Grade 9 student in Cambridge, N.S. was bullied by classmates for wearing a pink shirt to school.

It has been announced SGI will stop using the non-productive call rate for time spent by fire departments responding to motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) on provincial highways.

Yorkton-Melville MP Cathay Wagantall is disappointed in the federal budget.

Joe Lozinski is a trapper and a hunter, activities that require a lot of time and patience. When he bags a deer, he uses his personal knife to split the brisket. It’s a tough blade. There’s hardly a mark on it.

You have never heard Mozart like this before. Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk, the two men in the Henderson Kolk Duo haven’t been in Yorkton before, and they haven’t committed their new arrangement to record yet.

While Yorkton is still in the grip of winter, local planters got a head start on their gardening and farming plans at the annual Seedy Saturday event over the weekend at the Victory Church.

Four adults living with disabilities celebrated the opening of their new group home in Yorkton on Feb. 21. Dignitaries such as MLA Greg Ottenbreit and Mayor Bob Maloney attended the grand opening of the group home last Wednesday.

The train was locked still near the FFun Motor Sports building near Yorkton. A tipped-over snowmobile laid on the tracks while a second one was pushed to the side. A pair of riders were splayed on the snow next to their machines.

When people donate to homeless charities and organizations, they usually provide non-perishable foods, used clothing, or money. But there’s one type of item that sometimes falls to the wayside.