Local Arts

Brayden Ottenbreit’s Close Cuts for Cancer has been running for 20 years, with countless heads shaved to raise money for cancer research. The event was founded to help Greg and Leone Ottenbreit’s son Brayden as he underwent cancer treatment.

On May 31, 1997, the Confederation Bridge linking mainland New Brunswick, and thereby the rest of Canada to Prince Edward Island opened for traffic. At 12.

Concentra Financial, a credit union partner invited credit unions across Canada to submit applications to their Empowering Your Community campaign.

Concentra Financial, a credit union partner invited credit unions across Canada to submit applications to their Empowering Your Community campaign.

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.