Local Arts

The Yorkton Film Festival is announcing the continuation of its Spotlight on the News screening series for 2016. “This film series deals with stories that have been present in the media, whether that’s local, provincial, national or international.

A 39-year-old Yorkton man will serve three-and-a-half years in prison for sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.

Yorkton will mark Brain Injury Awareness Month in June.

Michael Winter will remain in jail pending two trials scheduled for later this summer. The 50-year-old Yorkton man was convicted in January for marijuana trafficking and sentenced to time-served on remand and six months probation.

Recently, Health Minister Dustin Duncan introduced The Patient Choice Medical Imaging Act, which will give Saskatchewan residents the option to privately pay for a CT scan. This follows the launch of private-pay MRI services in February 2016.

As a diplomat hoping to strengthen ties between Ukraine and Ukrainian communities in Canada, it makes a lot of sense that Andriy Shevchenko would wind up in Yorkton at some point.

When one thinks of Laurie Renton a few words come to mind. Holistic; adventurous; friendly; inspirational; helpful; kind; entrepreneur; innovator. Her hometown certainly aren’t the only people who view her as an innovated entrepreneur.

Early on in The Complete Works, Justin Stephenson’s adaptation (of sorts) of the works of Canadian avant garde poet bpNichol, is a reading of the sound poem “White Sound.” In a way, it functions as a gateway to the rest of the film.

Yorkton’s motto is Where Good Things Happen! and as we move into the summer season, we continue to get visitors from all over the world coming to see the truth behind our motto In the month of May, Tourism Yorkton Information Centre welcomed 361 visi

With the 16th annual Painted Hand Casino Pow Wow in full swing over the weekend, many dancers, spectators, singers and drum groups from all over North America gathered together in celebration.