Local Arts

Yet another round of protests prompted by the 2017-18 provincial budget erupted around the province last week.

A Yorkton judge has ordered psychological evaluations and presentence reports for two youths who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the September 2016 killing of Lawrence Skoretz.

While two films would carry home multiple Golden Sheaf Awards following Saturday’s Yorkton Film Festival Gala Saturday, it would be a 15-minute documentary that took home Best of Festival. Fix and Release from Scott Dobson took the big prize.

A new club is forming in the city to promote radio controlled flying. While there has been a club and airfield south of Yorkton for years, it has tended to focus on gas-powered airplanes.

A youth film initiative through the Yorkton Film Festival has proven a huge success.

Samara Yung will officially launch her newest CD this week. Entitled ‘Scared Enough’ the disk is a first from the Yorkton country artist in just over two years. Yung said life just got in the way in terms of producing a new disk anytime sooner.

Queen Victoria who was born May 24, 1819 was 48 years old when she signed the Constitution Act of 1867, called then the British North America Act, which united three separate colonies of Britain; Canada — made up of Québec (Lower Canada) and Ontario

Certain dates seem to have an affinity for historical events. In Canadian history, May 24 is one such date.

The Yorkton Municipal RCMP will be adding Automated External Defibrillators (AED) to a number of their vehicles. RCMP members are often the first to arrive to life-threatening situations, noted Staff Sgt.

Stephanie Ortynsky, who grew up and attended high school in Yorkton has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship.