Local Arts

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the City of Yorkton, will be hosting a Town Hall meeting to discuss the 2017 Commercial Property Taxes 7:00 PM Wednesday June 28 at the Gallagher Centre.

Within days of being announced as an appointee to the Board of Directors to govern the new Saskatchewan Health Authority Don Rae of Yorkton has resigned his position. Rae, the president and CEO of Yorkton-based Crusader Drilling Corp.

A Yorkton man has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison after being convicted of aggravated assault.

Every Friday, the Grade 1 class at Columbia School gets a chance to get out of their classroom and meet some old friends.

Saskatchewan’s population continues to increase, growing by 3,026 to 1,161,365 people in the first quarter of 2017. Over the past year, Saskatchewan’s population grew by 16,047 people – a growth rate of 1.4 per cent.

It was a historic win for the Legislative Building at Government House on June 14. The dome restoration project was presented with a Lieutenant Governor’s Heritage Award for Architectural Conservation.

At the 71st Annual General Meeting of the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway (TCYHA), held in Sherwood Park/Strathcona County AB, Yorkton Saskatchewan Councillor Randy Goulden was presented with the prestigious Life Members Award.

Yorkton’s SARCAN depot has won a customer service award. The depot took home the award for Cleanliness for an extra-large depot.

This week in Canadian history, the death penalty was abolished. On June 22, 1976, the House of Commons voted to abolish the death penalty with a six vote majority. The last execution in Canada was in 1962.

The all new Royal Canadian Family Circus SPECTAC!™ 2017 coming to Gallagher Centre will showcase a circus tradition that goes back to medieval times.