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Yorkton is about to begin a search for a new fire chief. Mayor Bob Maloney has confirmed Dean Clark is no longer employed by the City in the role of head of Fire Protective Services.

There is a buzz around the drafting classroom at Yorkton Regional High School like never before.

Yorkton Council has made minor changes to three bylaws dealing with Committees of Council. One expands the size of the City's Economic Development Committee.

Yorkton's Sobey's store will close its doors for good March 20 leaving 82 people out of work.

The City of Yorkton will be looking for a Sask Culture Grant in order to move its Municipal Cultural Plan forward.

The Jan. 15 story in Yorkton This Week on the Yorkton Family Resource Centre had an incorrect date for the facility's opening. The actual date is Feb. 17.

Saskatchewan's oil patch set new records in 2013, in some categories surpassing benchmarks established just the year before. The province's oil production for the year just ended is 177.9 million barrels up from the previous record of 172.

The Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association is once again putting on their annual poster contest and this year we're focusing in on where our water comes from, with the theme being, "Groundwater-Below the Surface".

Prospective nursing students in Yorkton will have the opportunity to get their full four-year degree at home starting September of this year.

Entrepreneurship 30 class students from Yorkton Regional High School gave brief presentations at a recent Yorkton Chamber of Commerce luncheon.