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In Focus - What killed ‘i kill Monsters’?

In Focus - What killed ‘i kill Monsters’?

Technology is changing so fast it sometimes has transitory effects on other activities, including the Yorkton Film Festival. In 2012, the Festival launched a short-lived category called Digital Media.

Three options for great gaming gifts

Welcome back to part two of games which would make worthy gifts this holiday season. If you have that certain someone who likes the challenge of thinking their way to a victory, then Hive is ideal.
$9.1 million invested in genomics

$9.1 million invested in genomics

Genomics is fuelling innovations across many sectors of importance to Canadians.
Weekend of drama thanks to Free My Muse

Weekend of drama thanks to Free My Muse

It was a dramatic weekend for Free My Muse Theatre Company.
Fighting against human trafficking

Fighting against human trafficking

Joy Smith wants to end human trafficking. That was her goal before she entered politics, her mission through her political career and her focus after her retirement from parliament. To her, the most effective way to do this is through education.
History Corner - A wintery scene of the Yorkton Railway Roundhouse 1921

History Corner - A wintery scene of the Yorkton Railway Roundhouse 1921

A “Roundhouse” of long ago was a locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable. Old time steam locomotives were smaller, slower than today’s diesel locomotives, therefore needing to operate over shorter distances, and requiring more servicing.
Sleigh Ride

Sleigh Ride

It was Christmas time at the Yorkton Family Resource Centre, and the kids got to experience the joys of the season with pictures with Santa Claus, fun and games, Christmas supper, gifts and the chance to ride on a horse-drawn sleigh.
Youth pleads guilty in shooting incident

Youth pleads guilty in shooting incident

A youth has pleaded guilty in a gunfire incident that occurred last week. On December 5, residents of First Avenue North near York Road reported shots being fired at approximately 10:30 in the evening.
Home invaded

Home invaded

Yorkton police are looking for several suspects in an attempted home invasion allegedly perpetrated December 5 at approximately 10:30 p.m.
Local Christmas shopping at the last minute

Local Christmas shopping at the last minute

While the deadline for Christmas shopping is, in theory, a few minutes before any given family function, smart shoppers know that they have to be finished before that point.
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