Local Arts

The message is as simple as it is blunt. Do not be a victim; do not be a perpetrator. And do not be both.

Evergreen Motors, #12 Fourth Avenue North –(Across the lane north of the Toronto-Dominion Bank.) Circa 1960s. A garage was originally built in 1941 by E.J. Fitchner of Foam Lake. W.E. Fitchner, who was mayor from 1957 to 1968 became owner in 1966.

Boarded up for years, even during the day, the old Western Grocers (now TA Foods) warehouse on Broadway Street has a creepy kind of feel to it. Now, leading up to Halloween, it has taken on an even more sinister appeal.

The Ministry of Environment is again offering a wolf hunting season for wildlife management zones along the provincial forest fringe as a method for helping to reduce wolf-livestock conflicts.

In the article “Author charms business crowd,” Yorkton This Week, October 12, 2016, we misnamed the Canadian Western Bank. Yorkton This Week apologizes for the error.

Willowbrook Lions President, Eugene Maystrowich presented a cheque for $2,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director, of The Health Foundation, to assist with purchasing the new equipment for the ICU.

There are big changes coming for the Boys and Girls Club of Yorkton. The club is growing, and has a new space for their middle years programming.

Sonya Solonas had a challenging childhood. A ward of the state, as it was commonly referred to back then, she was cut loose at age 18 to fend for herself without much in the way of skills or supports.

The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed October 16-22, 2016 as Education Week in Saskatchewan. Today, Deputy Premier and Education Minister Don Morgan was at École Lakeview School in Saskatoon to celebrate with staff and students.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce has traditionally hosted all-candidate forums with a focus on the Yorkton Council candidates answering questions of particular interest to the business community.