Local Arts

In November 2016, there was an increase of 2,400 jobs in Saskatchewan compared to the previous month (0.4 per cent) on a seasonally adjusted basis, tied for the second highest percentage increase among the provinces.

Generally when it comes to this time of year thoughts turn to which good boys and girls will be lucky enough to get games for the holidays ahead.

The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) approved the 2017 average employer premium rate for 48,357 employers covered by workers’ compensation. Employer premium rates have dropped from the 2016 average rate of $1.34 to $1.24, which is a 7.

Fifteen automated licence plate readers (ALPRs) are being installed in patrol vehicles starting this week to help police catch disqualified drivers. SGI announced its investment of $800,000 to fund 32 ALPRs in October.

Kim Thompson, who has her roots here in Yorkton, has just released the third book in her ‘Eldritch Manor Series’. Eldritch Manor is a retirement home for some very strange beings indeed.

The film is a unique collaboration between myself and Janine Windolph, a Cree documentary filmmaker who was born in La Ronge.

Hudson’s Bay Co. Store, Yorkton. Circa 1913. Picture this. You are a youngster around 1913, you live in a small village and this is your first visit to the big town of Yorkton. Your parents take you to the Hudson’s Bay Company store.

A Yorkton judge has reserved his decision in a marijuana and methampetamine trafficking trial. On November 25, the Court heard that during a compliance check on Michael Winter’s home in Yorkton, police found two other men in the house.

The Yorkton Paper Bag Players held their annual fall presentation at St. Gerard’s Parish in the city last week. The performance was a comedy, ‘Perfect Wedding’ by Robin Hawdon. Amber Matechuk directed the local performance .

The family of a man left paraplegic by an alleged aggravated assault in a bar last year was very visible during the first part of the trial of the accused last week.