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10. Improved imaging In health technology, a decade can seem like an eternity. Computer Tomography (CT) scanning has advanced in leaps and bounds since Yorkton got its first CT scanner in 2006.

The Yorkton Film Festival is launching a new program aimed primarily at introducing them to film. Canada 150 – With Open Arms is a youth film project that will solicit submissions from across Canada.

This is the Christmas issue of Yorkton This Week, so it’s only natural to try to find something that fits as a Christmas film.

You would think as an avid gamer my wish list to the ‘Jolly Ole Elf’ would be heavy with games. And that has been the case in the past. But this year games are not exactly on my wish list. There was hope Tak would arrive to be played over the season.

Santa Claus is a very busy elf, but between appearances at the Yorkton Christmas Parade and taking pictures with kids at the Parkland Mall, Yorkton This Week’s Thom Barker caught up with the jolly old elf for an exclusive interview.

Students at St. Paul’s School have been busy cutting denim which will eventually become shoes in Uganda, Africa.

The seats at the Anne Portnuff Theatre need to be replaced, and the various user groups that use the theatre are working to raise the estimated $300,000 needed to replace all 724 seats.

A 53-year-old Rockford woman accused of shooting an adult male has been remanded in custody by a Yorkton Provincial Court judge.

I love Christmas time in Saskatchewan. A blanket of snow. Lights. Festivities. And humanity often at its finest.