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Crazier twist makes this one an eight

Crazier twist makes this one an eight

There are many cards games which are essentially, standards of our childhood. I would count crazy eights among those games.

Camping tips to keep you safe

Scouts Canada wants to make sure Canadians stay safe while experiencing the great outdoors.
Summer fair fun

Summer fair fun

Ituna's Shayna Sherbey busts out a song at the GX 94 Talent Search Competition held at the Yorkton Exhibition. The diminutive singer, with the big voice, was the winner of the 2014 competition.

Policing dollars

Corrections and Policing, through the Ministry of Justice, contributed $330,000 to the City of Yorkton to continue funding for three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers.
Oat crop recognized in Ituna

Oat crop recognized in Ituna

Roots of the town of Ituna are similar to many prairie communities, connected by the development of Canadian railways, but Ituna now has something unique to Saskatchewan, and quite possibly to anywhere else in the world.

Community settles after flood

Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney told Council Monday the City handled the recent rain flood event quite well. "Our experience in 2010 served us very well this time," Maloney told the regular meeting of Council Monday.

Generator stolen

Yorkton Rural RCMP are asking the public for their assistance in the following investigation: Sometime between June 19 and June 23, 2014, a large 45 kilowatt generator was stolen from Ungar Construction yard in Theodore, SK.

RCMP officer pleads guilty to .08

An active member of the Yorkton RCMP has lost his driver's licence and is the subject of a Code of Conduct review following a guilty plea to driving with over .08 blood alcohol content (BAC). Cpl.
Lawsuit seeks decillions of dollars

Lawsuit seeks decillions of dollars

In April, Anton Purisima filed a claim in Federal District Court in New York City that the Lowering The Bar blog calculated was for the largest monetary demand ever made in a lawsuit - "$2,000 decillion" (or 2 followed by 36 zeroes, which of course i
City taxes going up for 2015

City taxes going up for 2015

Yorkton Council took its first look at the City's 2015 budget at its regular meeting Monday. The tax increase laid out in the report presented, is a significant one at six per cent. The increase would come on the heels of the 5.
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