Local Arts

The Sutherland house at the corner of Laurier Avenue & Broadway Street at the time of the spring flood in the 1920s. Needless to say all basements in that area were flooded. McDonald’s Restaurant is at that location today.

Saskatchewan residents aged 18 and above are invited to nominate a community organization that has demonstrated outstanding leadership in community literacy service for the 2016 Council of the Federation Literacy Award.

The SGI traffic safety spotlight for April was a bit of a dud, and the provincial insurer is just fine with that. Only 14 people were ticketed as police around the province targeted vulnerable road users safety.

The MS Society of Canada, Saskatchewan Division officially kicked off the Saskatchewan Blue Cross MS Walk in Yorkton.

Hundreds of Canadian self-storage facilities and campgrounds are receiving massive bills from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), because they don’t have the required number of employees to qualify for the small business tax rate.

Recently, Health Minister Dustin Duncan confirmed that Saskatchewan will be the first Canadian province to take a provincial approach to an open family presence policy in health care facilities.

Throne speeches are not budgets, but they can set the tone for budgets.

The weather, gorgeous all week probably didn’t hurt, but Yorktonites showed their heart by coming out in droves Thursday in support of Fort McMurray evacuees. A barbecue held at City Centre Park garnered $5,500 in donations for the Red Cross.

In the story, “Bail granted in police assault” (Page A6, Yorkton This Week, May 18, 2016), it was erroneously suggested that Michael Winter entered the Yorkton RCMP detachment “wielding a knife.” Mr.

Yorkton RCMP have issued arrest warrants for two suspects in a home invasion and high-speed chase that allegedly occurred May 15.