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October is National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month. SIDS is the leading cause of death in Canada for babies between the ages of one month and one year.

Minister responsible for Immigration, Jobs, Skills and Training Jeremy Harrison proclaimed October as Disability Employment Awareness Month.

Danielle Badowich of Yorkton was visiting with her grandma Irene Badowich of Bredenbury before she started school this year. Darlene Burman and Penny LaRocque of Brando visited with Pat & Darryl Rowland this past weekend in Prince Albert.

Arrest warrants were issued for the following people in Yorkton Court October 6: Keith MacIntosh Robert James Whitehawk Anyone with information can call Yorkton RCMP at 306-786-2400, Yorkton Provincial Court at 306.786.

Parkland College welcomed the first group of students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in Yorkton with a traditional pinning ceremony October 2.

It was an emotional day at Yorkton's historic Court of Queen's Bench court house September 30 as family and friends of Tammy Kulaway gathered to hear a judge's decision in the three-and-half-year-old murder case.

There are 269 people in Yorkton who are already doing it. Their monthly contributions of about a dollar per day are helping 330 children in the Third World go to school, have adequate nutrition and clean water and receive medical care.

Before the threshing crews arrived, the grain was cut and stacked in stooks to dry in the field. At the same time, preparations would begin to feed the crews.

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced its decision concerning SaskPower's multi-year rate application: Approval of the system-wide average rate increase of 5.5 per cent that was effective January 1, 2014.

After standing vacant for six months, the position of deputy fire chief, prevention and inspections, has finally been filled just in time for Fire Prevention Week.