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A former Sturgis Elementary School teacher will not be incarcerated for the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Yorkton girl. In an oral decision October 11, Judge Darin Chow issued a suspended sentence with 18 months probation to Trevor Latham.

With the leaves turning shades of red, orange and brown, and the calender turning ever closer to Oct. 31, homes and businesses in Yorkton are taking on the flavour of Halloween with display ranging from whimsy to the macabre.

When you grow up with Bonanza being the highlight of every Sunday night, Sheriff Matt Dillon and Paladin being heroes, you might be a western fan.

This National School Safety Week, from October 17 to 23, the Canada Safety Council recognizes that schools are communities of children.

A 2013 Dutch elm disease (DED) survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment and participating communities shows the elm tree-killing fungus remains established in its traditional area - southeast Saskatchewan - but has not spread to any new areas

Time was, in North America, you couldn't turn sideways without running into a boy scout. At its height in the mid-1960s, the venerable organization boasted approximately 350,000 members in Canada.

Yorkton Council proclaimed Veteran's Week for Nov. 5-11. The request had come from the Royal Canadian Legion, General Alexander Ross Branch #77 in Yorkton, when Poppy Chair Peter Wyatt appeared before the regular meeting of Council Monday.

Saskatchewan's population has surpassed the 1.1 million mark for the first time ever after growing by more than 100,000 people since 2007.

Agriculture Week has been unanimously declared by Yorkton Council for Oct. 29 - Nov. 3. Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce made the request at the regular meeting of City Council Monday.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) recently announced the protection of 136 acres (55 hectares) of forest habitat along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River.