Local Arts

The Royal Canadian Legion paraded into the city cemetery Saturday evening to conduct the annual Decoration Day Ceremony. In traditional fashion, the scattering of ashes was carried out by cadets.

When a young frenchman unearthed a few war-era items in his back yard garden in 2006, it began a detective story which would evolve into one of discovery for Garth Simms and his sister Laurie Parobec, both of Yorkton.

The detective work and forensic tests which went into identifying Private William Simms is the stuff of television shows and mystery movies. The mystery in this case started as many do, by the opportunity of fate.

The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) recently announced revenues of $256.5M and a profit of $84.1M for the 2014–2015 fiscal year. This represents an increase of 4.85% over the previous year’s net earnings.

In Feb. 1910, the Bank of Toronto purchased the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Broadway Street East from the Collacott Estate. Cost was $10,000.

Yorkton Council approved tax abatements for 2015 on several properties within the city at its regular meeting Monday. All properties are taxed on the basis of assessment, with tax notices sent out at the end of May.

Yorkton Council was unanimous in passing an exemption to the City’s Noise Bylaw after a request was made on behalf of the local Relay for Life.

Yorkton Council took the first steps on a discretionary use application which could see 24 new condominiums developed in the city.

Customer Service Awards were presented to SARCAN depots throughout Saskatchewan, with the Yorkton facility bringing home the Cleanliness Award in the extra-large depot category.

SaskEnergy is proposing rate adjustments that would result in residential customers saving $53 annually or 5.4 per cent on their heating bill.