Local Arts

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $400,000 in funding to support internships in science, technology, engineering and math through Mitacs. This funding will leverage $1.

Legislation introduced recently will allow for ridesharing services to operate in Saskatchewan The Vehicles for Hire Act sets out the framework for ridesharing services also referred to as “transportation network companies” in the legislation.

The Chamber Accreditation Council of Canada has bestowed accreditation status on the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce.

Saskatoon-based technology innovator, Jeff Shirley, has been selected as the winner of the province’s first Rural Crime Innovation Challenge.

Four men have been arrested for engaging in an alleged home invasion on Broadway Street West on Dec. 2.

A Melville man facing a charge of criminal negligence was granted bail at the Yorkton court on Nov. 29. Tristan Stradeski, 22, was released on recognizance at $2000. He will be staying at his mother’s residence in Melville with a 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Police are searching for stolen prescription drugs after a robbery in Melville last week. In the evening of Nov. 28, a man wearing a black balaclava entered a pharmacy on 2 Avenue East in Melville. He stole various drugs and took off by foot.

The City of Yorkton celebrated the beginning of the Christmas season with the Santa Claus Day Parade, capped off with a visit from jolly old St. Nick himself riding in a place of honour.

Major Walsh (left in both photos) was first assigned to Fort McLeod in what is now Alberta, until he was assigned the task of erecting Fort Walsh in 1875 in the Cypress Hills in what is now Saskatchewan.