Local Arts

The Purina® Walk for Dog Guides is in its 30th year of supporting Canadians with physical and medical disabilities, and Esterhazy is set to host a walk to assist this mission.

Yorkton Co-operative Association Limited is celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2015 with various activities including a customer appreciation BBQ held on August 29, 2015. Yorkton Co-operative Association Limited reported sales of $99.

Last week I introduced the idea of Looney Pyramids, which are simply fantastic game pieces used in a rather broad array of games. This week we’ll look at Icehouse, the first of four games using the pyramids I will cover through September.

Among the health and fitness apps for computers and smartphones are sex-tracking programs to document the variety of acts and positions, degrees of frenzy and lengths of sessions (via an on-bed motion detector) — and menstrual trackers aimed at males

The Mosaic Company has announced a donation of $3 million to the Child Life Zone at the new Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate was 4.7 per cent (seasonally adjusted) in August 2015, down from 5.2 per cent in July. For 23 straight months, Saskatchewan has had the lowest unemployment rate among the provinces.

A 61-year-old Yorkton businessman is facing charges of sexual assault involving two children under the age of 16.

A joyride through a farmer’s field near Kamsack ended in the worst possible way for a 22-year-old Keesekoose First Nations man approximately two weeks ago. Police say the young man died when the stolen car he was driving hit a dry ravine.

A 39-year-old Yorkton man has been charged under the Explosives Act and Criminal Code after Police found a large quantity of explosives and other stolen property at the man’s residence.

Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of a fugitive from the law. William Crawford is currently wanted on charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from police and failing to comply with an undertaking.