Local Arts

The Yorkton Film Festival is proud to announce that it has partnered with Reel Canada to celebrate National Canadian Film Day on Wednesday, April 29th.

Family and friends of Yotin Ironstand, who died in 2011 from injuries he sustained in a collision with a pickup truck, packed Yorkton Provincial Court Friday to hear the fate of the man who was driving the truck.

A McNutt-area farmer has been found guilty of causing an animal to be in distress under the province’s Animal Protection Act (APA).

The City of Yorkton saw a sizeable surplus occur in 2014, “Revenues were $887,920 more than budgeted,” explained Shannon Bell, director of finance at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday. Departmental operations withdrew $351,572.

A national report shows Saskatchewan patients are benefitting from improved access to surgery, with surgical wait times among the shortest in the country.

It was the 23rd annual Yorkton 4-H Spring Steer & Heifer Show which took place at the Agripavilion in the city Thursday-through-Saturday.

1910 - The Water Works Pumping Station on Broadway. The Town Council and other officials are inspecting the erection of a derrick for drilling in search for water. A hole was put down 1000 feet and was as dry at the bottom as it was at the top.

A 51-year-old Dubuc man will spend the next three months in custody following an incident in which he held his wife captive at knife-point and threatened to kill her.

The City of Yorkton is changing its Building Bylaw to enhance home safety.

Yorkton residents will once again have free access to the local landfill for spring cleanup. Yorkton Council unanimously declared the week of May 11th to May 16th be declared Spring Yard Waste Clean Up Week.