Local Arts

In the life of a British Commonwealth lawyer there are few honours greater than being named Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.).

A Yorkton man has elected to be tried in provincial court on charges of sexual assault, administering a noxious substance and drug trafficking.

Going to El Salvador was a life-changing trip for Kaitlyn Kitzan, a Sacred Heart High School student who was selected to be part of the inaugural Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation Global Citizen Youth Leadership Program.

In Thom Barker’s column last week (“Vaping: the new face of addiction” Yorkton This Week, December 16, 2015) the type of cancer Christopher Hitchens died of was misidentified. Hitchens died December 15, 2011 from esophageal cancer.

In the story (“Grow-op fugitive to appear in Yorkton court” Yorkton This Week, December 16, 2015) credit for the photo of Windsor Block in Grenfell, SK was inadvertently omitted.

The décor in the C.P.R. Park in Yorkton for Christmas of 1963 has a secular, festive theme to it as compared to the religious theme of a nativity scene installed in the same place in 1960.

In the early hours of December 17, two men walked into the Mac’s Convenience Store on Smith Street in hoodies and balaclavas. One of the men brandished a knife and the clerk turned over a small, undisclosed amount of cash.

When Jason Farrell needed a new home for Farrell Agencies, he was in luck. The land and building of the former Yorkton Tire and Auto Centre at the corner of Hamilton Road and Hwy 9 was available.

In October, the Client and Family Centred Care (CFCC) Steering Committee released four videos based on the Core Concepts of client and family centred care: dignity and respect, information sharing, participation, and collaboration.

In 1914, the world was at war. Trench warfare created very difficult circumstances, particularly in the cold of winter. But on that Christmas Eve, something remarkable happened.