Local Arts

SaskBooks will be celebrating Saskatchewan Publishing Week from September 12-18 with a series of five readings in five historically significant places in Saskatchewan.

Shelves today are overstocked with different types of cleaning products. There are products specifically made to clean your carpet, your hard-wood, your fabrics and your clothes. We have become accustomed to using specific products for certain jobs.

On September 8, 2016 under perfect conditions in Cape Canaveral, Florida, an Atlas V rocket lifted off carrying a payload that will take a sample of an asteroid named Bennu that will, scientists hope, help them unravel the origins of life on Earth.

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced a renewed investment of $800,000 for the Culture on the Go program (CoGo).

Yorkton’s motto is “Where Good Things Happen!” and as we wrap up the summer season, we continue to get visitors from all over the world coming to see the truth behind our motto.

Three organizations in the city have joined forces to host Culture Days, and Monday Tonia Vermette, Administrator of the Yorkton Arts Council, one of the three, appeared before Yorkton Council.

The former deputy premier of Saskatchewan has received an elevated fine and lost his driver’s licence for a year after pleading guilty last week in Regina Provincial Court to driving with a blood-alcohol content (BAC) over .08.

The developers of the old casino property on Third Avenue turned to Yorkton’s existing business community last week in an attempt to start filling the 19,755 square feet of available space.

The Yorkton Active Transportation Collaborative (YATC) wants to encourage more youth to walk, or bike to school.

Yorkton’s fire chief made a pitch to business leaders last week to help him beef up the depth of his department’s response capacity for major emergency events.