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A 33-year-old man, formerly of Yorkton, accused of killing two young aboriginal women is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in April.

It has been a long time since consumers in Yorkton have seen gasoline prices under 90-cents per litre. And lower prices may still lie ahead. At least that’s the belief of Don Rae, head of Crusader Drilling in the city.

If there was a theme for 2014 in the Sunrise Health Region, it was to utilize teamwork to continue to make the system better.

Parkland College Year in Review 2014 2014 was another good year of progress for Parkland College.

Private Frank Colvin (on the right) and an unnamed friend is pictured on Broadway Street with the Hudson’s Bay Company store in the background. Circa 1915. He was born February 28th, 1895, son of George W. and Sarah Jane Colvin.

More than 700 groups and organizations across the province are receiving approximately $1.5 million through the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA)’s charitable gaming grant program.

One more case in an ongoing drug trafficking saga has wrapped up with a one-year prison sentence. On January 9, Thomas Stevenson pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking cocaine at Court of Queen’s Bench in Yorkton.

Saskatchewan ended 2014 on top, maintaining the lowest unemployment rate in Canada for the 25th consecutive month. The province’s unemployment rate in December was 3.6 per cent (seasonally adjusted), well below the national average of 6.

The United Steelworkers (Union) is currently in the midst of a Canada-wide ‘Stop the Killing’ campaign.

Amie Evans, a small business advisor with TD Canada Trust in the city has received that organization’s highest employee honour. It was announced last Wednesday Evans was among 90 employees to receive the 2015 Vision In Action award.