Local Arts

Dogs bobbed and weaved their way through an obstacle course at Wiggly Field as part of an adoption event and a celebration of Canada 150.

A man has died after a collision with an agricultural sprayer on August 20 near Sturgis. The man was driving north on an ATV on a grid road when he collided with an eastbound agricultural sprayer.

The Yorkton courthouse is getting a facelift. The Darlington Street property will be receiving touch-ups to its walls and roof in the coming months.

Two Yorkton businesses are finalists for ABEX awards, which celebrate success across Saskatchewan. YPH Mechanical and N.L. Construction Inc. are competing in categories at the ABEX awards.

Dave Link is the new Chief Executive Officer for EMW Industrial. The Saltcoats-based company announced Link’s ascension to the position on August 9. Link will be succeeding Ewen Morrison, who has led the company since 1971.

Jordan Bonaparte is several thousand miles and five provinces removed from Yorkton, but he makes sure to keep up with the local news. The Nova Scotian keeps tabs on developments and press releases about the Mekayla Bali investigation.

Monarch butterflies are a spectacular creature.

Today, Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield announced nominations will be accepted until November 1, 2017 for the next round of potential recipients for the province’s highest honour – the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.

Keeping with the general summer theme of mancala games it is time to expand to a game, or two which borrow heavily from the concept of collecting and distributing pieces. The first such game comes from creator Jeph Stahl; The Colony.

Plenty of people attending Hamfest 2017 at the Painted Hand Casino had talked to George Williams before, but they might know him by another name. He would be better known by his call sign VE5GTW, or “Great Tasting Whiskey.