Local Arts

The Sunrise Health Board held its regular monthly meeting in Yorkton Oct. 28. At the meeting president and CEO Sue Ann Laurent circulated her monthly report.

The Yorkton Business Improvement District (YBID) has stepped up to pay for half the cost of new parking lot lighting at the Gallagher Centre. YBID Chair Bruce Thurston attended the regular meeting of Yorkton Council to make the presentation.

Theatre groups from around Saskatchewan are converging on Yorkton for a one act theatre festival, hosted by the Paper Bag Players.

Despite two days of rain that left the site of the Second Annual Pumpkin Walk a muddy mess and prevented a planned fireworks display, thousands showed up for the popular new event.

It’s November, and the Toronto Blue Jays are finished. The Canadian Football League is nearing its Grey Cup finale.

Recently Government Relations Minister Jim Reiter announced the launch of an online tool to seek public feedback on the provincial response to the 2015 wildfire season in northern Saskatchewan.

Yorkton – Kevin Lukey, CEO of Cornerstone Credit Union presented a cheque for $15,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director, of The Health Foundation, to assist paying for a new CT scanner.

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds celebrate their 45th anniversary today as one of the world’s best precision flying teams, a distinctive symbol of our province and our country.

One of the remaining 116 Guan-tanamo Bay prisoners (a man suspected of having been close to Osama bin Laden) has a dating profile on Match.

Parkland Mall businesses welcomed trick-or-treaters Saturday afternoon between 1 and 3 p.m. The mall itself handed out treat bags in the area in front of the mural, which was decorated in a ghoulish theme.