Local Arts

Don Kunkel is hoping a trio of canvasback ducks will find their way to a conversation stamp.

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The majestic buffalo head dominates the North West Mounted Police’s first official crest. The proud motto: Maintain le droit (Maintain the right) appears in a maple leaf setting.

When Evan and Lisa Johnson of Yorkton were given the news that one of their twins, Mercer, was going to be born with a congenital heart defect known as Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, they did everything they could to prepare themselves.

Snowarama has done many things for children with disabilities in the province since it launched over 40 years ago, raising money for Easter Seals through the annual snowmobile ride.

Yorktonites will be able to celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial with music this weekend. The Anne Portnuff Theatre at Yorkton Regional High School will be hosting a fall concert on Nov. 4.

This week in 1958, work was continuing to rescue men in a mining disaster in the third Springhill Mining Disaster. The disaster was caused by a “bump,” an underground earthquake in the mine. That lead to the collapse of the Cumberland No.2 colliery.

The Throne Speech marking the start on the new session of the Saskatchewan Legislature was presented last week.

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In 2012, Prime Minister S. Harper’s government stressed the importance of the War of 1812 by commemorating the little-known Canadian history of 200 years ago.