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Four elementary schools in the Christ the Teacher division will be getting new gym floors, possibly as early as this summer.

It was the kind of story that can forever shatter a family. On the morning of July 27, 2006, Kevin White, the dealer principal of Whitewood Chrysler, arrived at work to find a van with Alberta plates parked on his lot.

Sacred Heart High School student Corrigan Fafard received the Saskatchewan Drama Association's (SDA) highest acting honour at the annual Provincial Drama Festival (PDF) last week in Regina.

The Cabinet Committee on Children and Youth is refocusing its efforts to respond to important issues facing Saskatchewan children, youth and families and to support the goals of the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth.

Saskatchewan police officers wrote more than 1,000 tickets last weekend in a crackdown on aggressive driving.

Sgt. James Morton, head of Yorkton RCMP General Investigations Section, and Cst. Jeff Ball, one of the arresting officers, pose with 23 pounds of marijuana seized in a traffic stop May 1 near Theodore.

The Sacred Heart High School Drama Club will get a crack at its fourth provincial title next week. Two weeks ago, the school won the Region IV High School Drama Festival with its production of In the Garden of the Selfish Giant.

Senior Pastor Des Klingspon of the Prairie Harvest Christian Life Centre, can't help getting choked up when he talks about his church's work in Cambodia with widows and orphans.

For the second time in less than a year the Yorkton Public Library has a new head librarian. Helen McCutcheon has taken over the position, and while only in the city a couple of weeks said she is liking both the facility and the city.

Smooth Hound Smith Smooth Hound Smith 8-out-of-10 I'm so happy I found Smooth Hound Smith. Simply put, they're a great, modern interpretation of early blues, soul, and rock music.