Local Arts

CP Rail has confirmed there has been a fatality on its tracks in Yorkton. On September 10, at approximately 1:30 a.m., a freight train struck an individual on the tracks near the Broadway Street crossing.

The Yorkton Lions Wine Festival is entering its fifteen years. The event has grown steadily from its inception, and the plan is to grow it even further in the coming years.

The Yorkton Legion Hall is officially for sale.

With proceeds slated for the Yorkton Community Center the inaugrual edition of Rally in the Alley was held in downtown Yorkton last Wednesday (Sept. 14).

It starts with a drum roll, two sticks beating on a snare. It is immediately apparent this drummer is good, but as the camera pans out viewers are in for a surprise. The drumsticks are being held between toes.

In the light of the deaths of 14 dogs at a Saskatoon kennel recently, a Yorkton woman is hoping her similar experience with a Saltcoats kennel will lead to changes in the way the Province regulates pet boarding businesses.

The final suspect in a violent home invasion allegedly perpetrated four months ago in downtown Yorkton is in custody.

A former Yorkton resident has pleaded guilty to two Regina murders. Clayton Bo Eichler had been scheduled to go on trial beginning September 19 for the deaths of Kelly Nicole Goforth and Richele Lee Bear.

A judge has denied bail to a Yorkton man accused of armed robbery. Troy Mamchur faces four charges including break and enter, robbery, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and possession of break and enter tools.

Since we started this column, it has been a little heavy on National Film Board offerings. That is largely because the Board makes it very easy to view its catalogue by putting it all online for free.