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Rumoured bomb threat shuts down Walmart

Rumoured bomb threat shuts down Walmart

Yorkton Walmart had to be evacuated last week due to a threat. At approximately 1:35 p.m. on March 24, RCMP, Fire and EMS responded to an unspecified threat at the store on Hamilton Road.
Local health service cuts from budget

Local health service cuts from budget

The provincial budget shows a record investment in health care at $5.2-billion investment towards health. Finance Minister Kevin Doherty announced the government will increase spending in the health portfolio by $38.6 million, representing a 0.
Coke trafficking scheduled for trial

Coke trafficking scheduled for trial

Two Quebec men accused of selling cocaine in Yorkton have pleaded not guilty and elected to be tried in provincial court.
Check-up

Check-up

Third-year RN students at Parkland College took the time to visit the kids at the Yorkton Nursery School Co-operative and take care of their stuffed animal friends.
Mayors upset with mass funding cuts in Wall budget

Mayors upset with mass funding cuts in Wall budget

We don’t have many services that aren’t essential. — Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney The province has put much of its deficit onto the municipalities to deal with, or at least that is the suggestion of Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney. “Who’s paying? It’s urbans.
Grain Millers investing $100 million

Grain Millers investing $100 million

Grain Millers Canada Corp. (GMCC) has announced the initiation of the second phase of a project to add 80,000 metric tonnes of oat product production capacity at its mill in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan deals with a ‘difficult budget’

Saskatchewan deals with a ‘difficult budget’

Saskatchewan’s provincial budget for 2017-18 was revealed on March 22. Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit says it was a difficult budget, as the province had to recover from a billion dollar deficit in the last year.
Missing Female

Missing Female

***UPDATE*** Family has reported that Marlene has been located and is safe and sound! Wadena RCMP Detachment is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 69-year-old Marlene Ukrainetz from the R.M.

Recent game designs among best-ever

And so we arrive at the best abstract strategy games created since 2000.
Patients will receive state-of-the-art radiation therapy

Patients will receive state-of-the-art radiation therapy

Patients receiving radiation therapy at the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency’s Allan Blair Cancer Centre in Regina now have access to the most advanced equipment available, with the $5.
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