Local Arts

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in Saskatchewan and Lone Tree community pasture shareholders have signed a pilot partnership agreement to work together to develop a guide for future management and long term conservation of community pastures.

The search for the next President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland College is expanding.

A western is like an old pair of cowboy boots, familiar and comfortable to get into, at least for this reader. So when a new western comes out, one with a strong Saskatchewan element, I immediately put it on the personal ‘must read’ list.

Two Yorkton men remain in custody following a drug bust on January 16. Robert Friesen, 30, and Michael Winter, 38, made their first court appearances January 19 facing multiple marijuana and cannabis resin trafficking and possession charges.

A 40-year-old Yorkton man accused of uttering threats to harm RCMP officers and blow up the local detachment will undergo psychiatric testing following a court appearance in Yorkton January 19.

The trial of Jaycee Mildenberger for the 2009 murder of Gwenda Gregory has been rescheduled for the summer. Proceedings were to begin with jury selection January 12, but the case was adjourned to June 1.

National Non-Smoking Week is January 18-24, 2015.

A Yorkton man who police say committed an aggravated assault last May and eluded them for seven months before being arrested in Kelowna, BC two weeks ago is out on bail.

Jeff Wizniak grew up in Yorkton, and might best be remembered as an early years member of the Western Major Baseball League Yorkton Cardinals. He now lives in Saskatoon where he works 9-to-5 with SaskTel.

Hoarfrost is the frozen dew particles or molecules of water from the air, which, when the temperature falls below freezing, are deposited upon grass, twigs, herbage, and other objects.