Local Arts

June is Stroke Awareness Month and St. John Ambulance wants to remind everyone how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a stroke. When most people think of a stroke they think of the elderly.

Canadian Tire’s Jump Start program is dedicated to helping all kids play, and the month of June is the official Jump Start month in Canada.

The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery is a community gallery, and one of the most popular shows it does each year showcases the community’s artists. Landscape and Memory 2015 is a chance to see the best of the Yorkton arts community on display.

More than 13,000 individuals who experience significant and enduring disability will see an increase to the monthly benefit they receive through the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID) program.

The Yorkton municipal RCMP have confirmed they have made arrests following a firearms complaint that instigated the closing down of all Yorkton schools June 4. At approximately 12:20 p.m.

The annual Yorkton Regional High School car show came to an abrupt end today when an unknown suspect started causing some kind of undisclosed trouble. The Good Spirit School Division is reporting that all students are safe in lockdown.

The City held a flag raising ceremony June 1 to kick off Recreation and Parks Month.

The Sunrise Regional Health Authority recently approved what is planned as a balanced operating budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

With a late influx of some $3 million from the province, the Sunrise Health Region managed a small surplus on its 2014-15 Operating Budget.

The Sunrise Health Region Board approved more than $3 million in capital expenditures for the year ending March 31, 2016.