Local Arts

LES ARNELIEN: Our priority in city spending is and should always be to provide our citizens with all the municipal services to enhance the quality of life in Yorkton.

Saskatchewan football fans will soon be able to show their Rider Pride on almost any ride. Starting Oct. 1, SGI will begin offering its Rider specialty plates in a smaller format for use on motorcycles and snowmobiles.

Saskatchewan's July retail sales were the highest on record for the month, hitting $1.47 billion according to a report on retail sales released by Statistics Canada today. Sales increased by 9.1 per cent over the same period for July 2011.

Get well wishes go out to Edith Simle, now living in Esterhazy, who has been under the weather of late. We're happy to hear that you are back home at the Maple Street Manor, Edith.

July's average weekly earnings reached an all-time record, according to a Statistics Canada report released today. Average weekly earnings in the province were $929.31, surpassing the previous record of $917.55 set in March 2012.

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.

Yorkton author Elmer McInnes has a new book on the shelves, this one; Walter T. Ross: Lawman and Conman, drawing on local area history.

A small group gathered last Thursday in the city to keep the memories alive of aboriginal women missing in Canada and to raise awareness of the problem.

Rachel and Clint Kraynick from Canora Saskatchewan are turning a tragedy into a lasting memory for their son Chase.

In August, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration dropped all charges against a doctor who has been at the center of a prescription-drug fraud case because, said prosecutors, they have too much evidence against him and not enough space to store