Local Arts

After last week’s look at the modern interpretation of Petteia I was left thinking about the relative rarity of games played on a 12x8 checkerboard. The games using such an expansive board are quite limited.

As temperatures rise, so does your chance of contracting West Nile Virus from the Culex tarsalis mosquitoes that are more active in hot weather. Typically, the mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus are active from mid-July to the end of August.

The Government of Saskatchewan is removing the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) from feminine hygiene products, effective July 1, 2015.

Due to extreme wildfire hazards in northern Saskatchewan, the Ministry of Environment is recommending no non-essential travel to the La Ronge area including Air Ronge, Sucker River, Wadin Bay, Stanley Mission and Nemeiben.

Donations were made possible because of the generous support from Yorkton Businesses during the 2015 Kidney Foundation ‘Give the Gift of Life” Fun Run/Walk which was held June 14, 2015. A donation of $481.

The third annual Springside Summer Sizzle was held Saturday at Springside Lions Park. The day began at 8 a.m. with Whitesand Wildlife hosting a pancake breakfast. A trade show ran throughout the day.

The burrowing owl is in trouble. The population of the bird species has been on a rapid decline, and the Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre, based in Moose Jaw, wants to reverse that decline by educating people about the small predators.

Fifteen new doctors are practising in Saskatchewan, thanks to the most recent results of the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment (SIPPA) program.

The Saskatchewan government hit its budget targets in 2014-15, finishing with a surplus of $62 million, down just $9 million from budget projections. The province’s year-end financial results were released today. Total revenue was $14.

After nearly two weeks of Crown evidence in the trial of Jaycee Mildenberger for the 2009 murder of Gwenda Gregory in Usherville, the accused has taken the stand in his own defence.