Local Arts

February is Heart Month, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation is kicking off a month of fund raising in the community. Their goal, to see more people survive heart attack and stroke.

For her Advanced Placement World History class at Magnolia (Texas) West High School in December, Reagan Hardin constructed an elaborate diorama of a Middle Ages farm — which her dog ate on the night before it was due.

Alternate history is one of the staples of gaming. In the case of this week’s game the era is the American Civil War, an event rich in possibilities in and of itself.

Ashlyn George is not your average tourist.Over the past five years, George has spent 24 months total travelling the globe. She has visited more than 300 cities in 37 countries.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) and the food banks of Saskatchewan wrapped up a matching gift campaign to support the province’s vulnerable citizens and thanked people for their generosity.

Wendy Sumner makes “The Address to a Haggis” during the Yorkton and District Scottish Society’s 37th Annual Robbie Burns Dinner and Dance at the Yorkton Legion Hall January 24 in celebration of the 256th anniversary of the poet’s birth.

A Yorkton man who was found not criminally responsible for the 2011 killing of Tammy Kulaway is now being granted unsupervised outings in the community. Since Madam Justice C.L.

A Yorkton man who pleaded guilty last week to dangerous driving causing death will spend 11 months behind bars. On October 22 2009, Christopher Sharpe was driving near Spy Hill when he rolled his vehicle.

Broadway Street in Yorkton requires a major upgrade, and the City of Yorkton is hoping the Building Canada Fund will be a source of funding. The most recent cost estimates provided by Integrated Engineering is $52.5 million.

A plan for a new Integrated Commercial Transportation Project (ICTP) is coming together in the city.