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A former Yorkton RCMP jail guard has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for trafficking drugs and breach of trust.

The photo features Henri Rudolph Roosmale Nepveu — the man standing beside the horse, on his horse ranch near Yorkton in 1889.

The 150th anniversary of Canada is a time to reflect on the country’s history, but it’s also a time to look forward into the next 150 years.

Chicago is known for its great fire of 1871, but lesser known, is the great Toronto fire of 1904. Perhaps it is because Toronto’s conflagration did not have a fanciful legend of how it got started like Chicago’s Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.

Family marks anniversary with prayer vigil

For as long as anyone familiar with the Yorkton Farmer’s Market can remember, Lorraine Sully has been a fixture. Before she became the market’s manager, Sully was a vendor. Her husband ran a commercial egg operation just south of the city.

A 15-year-old Yorkton boy who pleaded guilty to and was sentenced to nine months probation for unauthorized possession of a firearm and careless use of a firearm in January was back in court April 13.

A 34-year-old Yorkton man who had been scheduled for trial this Monday past for allegedly burning down his own business will now be waiting until 2018 for his day in court.

Yorkton City Councillor Randy Goulden recently spent a week in Ukraine talking to municipal officials in that country on behalf of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).

There’s nothing quite like carrots fresh out of the ground. Too bad in Saskatchewan you can’t have them all year round.