Local Arts

In order to continue to keep up with the challenge of growing electricity demand, environmental commitments and the need to invest in an aging electrical system, SaskPower has submitted an application for a rate increase of five per cent, effective M

With some funding coming from the province the City of Yorkton will undertake a resurfacing of the Highway #9 and #10 intersection.

Brad Wall has announced he will step down as both the province’s Premier, and as leader of the Saskatchewan Party.

In an ongoing effort to strengthen market opportunities for Canadian wheat, the wheat commissions in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be collaborating with grain companies on a renewed representative governance model and strategic direction fo

For 200 years, ships sailed to England from Hudson Bay with huge cargoes of furs. Sale of these furs was very lucrative for the shareholders of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Arlene Shiplett climbs the circus wagon, making sure to avoid the black pipes. The boiler at the front of the wagon is chugging along, pumping hot water through the pipes. Shiplett has burned her skin on them a few times.

Keen observers near the Yorkton Airport on a recent Monday spotted a lot more than clouds and birds. A massive plane was flying above the airport. It was dropping packages and even people to the earth. Luckily, they had parachutes.

This week, in 1944, Kamsack, Sk. was hit by a massive tornado. At that point the worst cyclone in the history of Northeastern Saskatchewan, according to the Yorkton Enterprise, the tornado hit Kamsack from the southeast between nine and ten p.m.

The Saskatchewan Science Centre is trying something new. They’ve done a camp for kids for years, but now they’re taking that camp on the road, coming to Yorkton for their first satellite day camp.

Cathay Wagantall, MP for the Yorkton-Melville riding, is meeting with veterans across the country this summer to discuss possible solutions to their problems.