Local Arts

In the 1950s, the Avro Arrow was touted as the most advanced military aircraft ever designed and a testament to Canadian ingenuity. The project, to build a fighter jet capable of intercepting Soviet nuclear bombers, was also a huge employer.

Christopher Hayes has been convicted of uttering threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Facebook.

The battle over the solution to Saskatchewan’s deficit problem is heating up.

“I have a lot of respect for the farmer,” began Coffey, speaking at a BASF Knowledge Harvest event held in Yorkton last Thursday. “You feed the city; you feed the country; you feed the world.

Given that this is the week of Valentine’s Day, it would make sense to look at a love story. How about the love of a young girl and her dog? It’s not romantic, perhaps, but it’s still a genuine connection and it can be moving in the right hands.

Heritage Day, proclaimed annually in February throughout the nation by The National Trust for Canada, celebrates the architectural heritage and historic places of Canada.

In terms of chess variants there are, in my mind, three elements players generally consider. The first is the overall theme of a variant.

For 40 years, the sound of snowmobiles has been a welcome noise in Yorkton, as riders have gathered to raise money for Easter Seals.

Young or old, big or small, a good toy can be enjoyed by all. The Yorkton Farm Toy Show is built on that idea, and again this year displays, vendors and a wide variety of toys of all sizes were on display at the event.

In the fall of 1864, representatives of the Canadas, then the Provinces of Lower Canada (Québec) and Upper Canada (Ontario) boarded the brand new steamer “QUÉBEC” on the St Lawrence River to attend a conference in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island.