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Businesses that don’t have strong privacy controls risk losing their competitive advantage in today’s increasingly privacy conscious marketplace, Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien warns as countries around the world mark Data Privacy Day

Warrants were issued for the following people at Yorkton Provincial Court January 26: Tiffany M.

One alleged pot trafficker is out on bail while another awaits a judge’s decision. On January 16, police intercepted a package from B.C. destined for a Yorkton business. According to the RCMP, the package contained 14 pounds of marijuana.

Yorkdale Central School had to be evacuated January 22 because of a sewer backup. Dwayne Reeve, Good Spirit School Division director of education the problem was the result of a blocked or frozen sewer main.

The value of wholesale trade in Saskatchewan continues to grow and set new records, reaching $2.3 billion in November 2014 – the highest number ever recorded (seasonally adjusted) since Statistics Canada began collecting wholesale trade data in 1993.

Despite plummeting oil prices, a devalued dollar and gloomy reports from major banks and the conference board, the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce’s incoming president.

The Yorkton HUB Management Steering Committee has released a report that it presented at its Community Unity Luncheon before Christmas.

Sela Campbell has been appointed Chairperson to the Theodore Housing Authority Board along with the new appointments of Margaret Lewis and Donna Zastrizny. Other members of the board of directors are Linda Quinton and Val Blades.

Results from SGI’s traffic safety blitz for December were released last week and they do not paint a pretty picture.

It will be basically a hold-the-line fee structure at Deer Park Municipal Golf Course in Yorkton. Fees were frozen, with the exception of those for Junior golfers, which saw a significant cut, as a way to hopefully increase course usage.