Local Arts

I love finger flicking games. I love that the best of the genre are close to being a sport, not just a board game. I love that they are games where skill wins out, so you can get better at the game by practice and dedication.

Yorkton's only dry cleaner is currently closed following a fire late Tuesday. Locally-owned York-Sask Dry Cleaners has been a main-stay of the downtown community since 1978. The fire knocked out power to a portion of First Avenue overnight.

To mark the season of giving, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) launched a $1,000,000 matching gift challenge to support Saskatchewan's food banks.

Author Marion Mutala draws on the rich Ukrainian heritage in her new set of children's books.

The second-largest highways budget in Saskatchewan history has provided nearly 1,200 kilometres of highway improvements completed or underway in the 2012 construction season.

The driver of a car that collided head-on with a tractor-trailer hauling fuel on Queen Street Wednesday morning had to be extracted by firefighters using the jaws of life.

Laketown Leaders Seniors supper is Fri., Dec. 14 at 5:30 p.m. with gift exchange, sing a long and bag whist to follow. There are limited tickets available. Call 744-2977. The deadline is Mon., Dec. 10.

Ranching in the West had really started when the Dominion Government, urged on by eastern Canadian investors, saw potential revenue in opening some land for leasing.

Yorkton's school divisions will not be getting any of the $6.6 million in mid-year funding announced by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education on Monday.

Treasures from the Vault Godfrey Dean Art Gallery September 30 to December 14, 2012. A special exhibition drawn from the Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection to celebrate Yorkton arts and culture.