Local Arts

The Yorkton Festival of Cultures celebrated its sixth year November 20 at Sacred Heart High School highlighting the growing diversity in the city.

The picture shows Yorkton Mayor C.G. Langrill cutting the ribbon at the opening of the new Bowman Brothers Limited building on Fourth Avenue North in early 1954.

A Filipino-Canadian continuing care aid from Canora has been named the Partners in Immigration and Integration (PII) Immigrant of the year.

SGI’s October traffic safety focus was on impaired driving. The month-long blitz saw 330 drunk drivers stopped and charged with related offenses. There were 335 charges in total.

A 30-year-old Regina man scheduled for sentencing last week on methamphetamine trafficking charges in Yorkton is now a fugitive from justice.

A local science experiment has ended in disappointment for some local high school students.

The Canadian Red Cross wants to decrease the amount of social isolation faced by area seniors. That’s the goal behind the Friendly Visiting Program, run by the Canadian Red Cross, which hopes to see more people involved in the Yorkton area.

York Lake Golf and Country Club has decided to make this winter’s $5,000 crowdfunding campaign unique and strategic.

Laura Budd is a rural LGBTQ+ pioneer. Born Brice Budd on a farm near Kelliher, SK, where she still lives, Laura spent four decades denying her true self.

A man accused of a crime spree that resulted in 66 charges in Yorkton and Regina has pleaded guilty to 19 charges and will be sentenced February 3. Sheldon Estey appeared before Yorkton Judge Ross Green November 18.