Local Arts

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.

Capital costs for the City of Yorkton are likely to be significant over the next 15-years, and to be prepared for those costs Council was given a possible plan at its regular meeting Monday.

The Sunrise Regional Laundry was closed for good Friday. The facility had been scheduled to close Sept. 11, as the province moves to a single provincial laundry for all health regions.

Everybody needs food, but for some people, actually being able to afford that food is a challenge, and one they can’t always meet.

This postcard dated 1914 was sent by a Yorkton friend to Mrs. Cloe Ann Junget at Pincher Creek, Alberta.

Stoll charged The Clark County, Nevada district attorney’s office has proceeded with formal felony possession of cocaine charges on former Yorkton hockey star and two-time Stanley Cup champion Jaret Stoll.

Yorkton Council took its first look at its 2016 Capital Budget, and it calls for a significant investment next year.