Local Arts

On World Wetlands Day, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) brought attention to the plight of Canada’s wetlands. Since settlement in Saskatchewan the province has lost 70 percent of its original wetlands in settled areas of the province.

Two school programs in Yorkton have received funding donations through DuPont Pioneer’s Full Belly! Full Mind! Initiative which supports nutrition and breakfast programs across Canada.

In the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, RCMP Canora members responded to a complaint of an erratic driver in the community of Canora. The incident has resulted in charges being laid against a serving member of Kamsack detachment. Sgt.

DuPont Pioneer has announced that as part of its Full Belly! Full Mind! initiative that supports nutrition and breakfast programs across Canada, $2,000 has been donated to Victoria School in Kamsack.

With a focus on Heart and Stroke Month, the Yorkton Film Festival is looking at the life giving organ as a part of their OPEN Cinema series.

On this day, in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. after the death of her father, King George VI, on February 6.

February has been designated Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month and the provincial government is once again pleased to be a partner in this significant cultural initiative.

RRSPs: know your limits What is an RRSP? A registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) allows savings for retirement to grow tax free in a special plan registered with the Canadian government.

Crowds gathered at different parts of highway 49 on the way into Preeceville on Saturday. Some of those crowds were standing along the road bundled in their snow gear for the -15 degree day.

Gordon Barnhart of Saltcoats is the newest president of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA). When delegates at this year’s convention met in Saskatoon this week one of the first orders of business was to elect a new president.