Local Arts

One Yorkton product is making quite a name for himself in the WHL. Turner Ottenbreit was named as captain for the Seattle Thunderbirds last week. This was after spending time training with an NHL team.

While I am one of those people who would like to see mid-November come and go before Christmas creeps into everything, the early arrival of more toys in stores in fall in preparation for the gift-giving season. I very much remain a kid at heart.

The Salvation Army in Yorkton has a new pastor. Lieutenant Samuel Tim arrived in the city to assume his new position. Tim is originally from Nigeria, moving to Vancouver with the Salvation Army.

Beginning Oct. 1, patients requiring continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines will be able to purchase a machine at a discount made available through the Government of Saskatchewan’s bulk purchasing process.

Starting off the 2017-18 school year Stephanie Lockhart and Chlorisa Erickson will be job sharing the role as Early Years Community Developer with Regional KidsFirst and GSSD.

When the Dominion Government opened lands for homesteading, in 1872 — lands in the North West Territories were Dominion Government lands, often referred to as Crown lands.

The Yorkton Regional High School opened on November 10, 1967. The $5 million school had its own dedicated section in the Yorkton Enterprise to celebrate the grand opening of the facility.

Exactly 100 years ago, some women in Canada earned the right to vote federally. There are a few caveats to that otherwise important landmark.

Two candidates for the Saskatchewan Party Leadership position were in town last week to speak with locals and raise awareness about their campaigns.

Before there was a flour mill in Yorkton there was a brick-making company — and so it was that just around the turn of the twentieth century, the factory owner used his company to build a brick structure — the structure known for decades simply as th