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The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area held their first Soap Box Derby on Sunday, September 27. The event saw six teams compete, five from Big Brothers Big Sisters club, as well as one family team running their own custom-made car.

It takes many helping hands to complete a build: Since Habitat’s first build in 2009, we have had many amazing volunteers. They have come in groups and as individuals to help us accomplish each of the four builds currently completed in Yorkton.

Consumers are advised to be cautious when it comes to unsolicited contract work for driveways.

Connie Sakundiak has been reappointed to the Churchbridge Housing Authority Board of Directors. Other members of the board of directors are Susan Shipway, Fern Wagner, Brenda Becker and Verna Brenner. Brenner is chairperson.

Regulations to prohibit use of indoor tanning beds by youth under 18 have been completed and will take effect November 1, 2015.

The distress across the Western world in July over the big-game killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe was apparently misdirected, according to veteran “animal communicator” Karen Anderson of Elk, Washington, who told Facebook and Internet visitors (w

The Government of Saskatchewan is once again offering the Community Rink Affordability Grant to communities across the province. The Government of Saskatchewan is committing $1.7 million to the grant program in 2015.

The repairs to a section of Highway 22 destroyed during floods in summer 2014 are now complete. Last fall, traffic was re-routed until a large culvert was installed. Paving took place this summer and the fully-restored road is now ready for traffic.

During the 2015 federal election, the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is once again calling for a permanent, long-term, sustainable, and predictable infrastructure program that increase the overall amount of funding available for

Although commercial vehicle safety was SGI’s traffic focus in August, it was again speeding that represented the bulk of citations.