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Social Services Minister June Draude has proclaimed May 2014 as Speech and Hearing Awareness Month in Saskatchewan.

Upon invitation from Father Achille Delaere of the Redemptorists, the first Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate arrived in Yorkton in 1915. In 1916 they started teaching religion and providing home nursing care.

Health officials are advising increased caution and encouraging vaccination in the wake of additional measles cases in Saskatchewan and other provinces.

On balance, entrepreneurs tend to be an optimistic lot and easy to fire up with a positive, motivational message.

Bruce Thurston, General Manager of the Yorkton Co-op announced that the Yorkton Co-op will return as the Presenting Sponsor of The Health Foundation's annual Charity Road Race. "This is the kind of event the Yorkton Co-op likes to be involved with.

A 31-year-old Yorkton remains in lockup in Regina after injuring a toddler and her mother in a drug driving collision May 1. According to an RCMP press release, Francis Hotomani allegedly exited a back alley off Bradbrooke Drive in a grey SUV.

Saskatchewan's Health Quality Council will honour two departments of the Sunrise Health Region May 6.

Yorkton Council passed first reading Monday of a bylaw to start the process to adopt the City's new Community Plan.

Excerpt from A Brief Historical Sketch - by John A. Pacholka in 2005 St. Joseph's College may have had a brief place in history, but in the hearts and minds of boys it served like no other Ukrainian Catholic Institution in Canada.

The Government of Saskatchewan today announced a major step forward for the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB).