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Delicious walk

Delicious walk

For 16 years, cookie lovers have looked forward to the St. Andrew’s United Church Cookie Walk. People lined up and waited in the wings November 19 for their chance to walk by the hundreds of trays and fill tubs full of delicious home baking.
Keep your smoke alarm firing on all cylinders

Keep your smoke alarm firing on all cylinders

This year’s National Home Fire Safety Week, November 24 - 30, the Canada Safety Council is reminding Canadians to take preventative measures to keep their smoke alarms operational, unencumbered and capable of alerting members of their household in an

Initiative boosts First Nations attendance

A new initiative aimed at improving educational achievement and graduation rates of First Nations and Métis students is making a difference in the classroom for many students around the province.
Festival grows as do Yorkton cultures

Festival grows as do Yorkton cultures

The Yorkton Festival of Cultures celebrated its sixth year November 20 at Sacred Heart High School highlighting the growing diversity in the city.
History Corner - Opening of new Bowman Brothers Limited building

History Corner - Opening of new Bowman Brothers Limited building

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.
Canora woman named immigrant of the year

Canora woman named immigrant of the year

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

Impaired driving still a problem in Sask

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.
Meth dealer fails to appear for sentencing

Meth dealer fails to appear for sentencing

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

High school science experiment lost

A local science experiment has ended in disappointment for some local high school students.
Visit a local senior with Red Cross program

Visit a local senior with Red Cross program

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.
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