Local Arts

Throughout months of focus groups, surveys and meetings regarding Good Spirit School Division's new strategic plan, one piece of feedback kept coming up: better communications.

An initiative to save local aboriginal languages is gaining momentum. Last Thursday, the Yorkton Tribal Council (YTC) convened a meeting of its Working Group on First Nation Language Instruction at Painted Hand Casino in Yorkton.

For Cathleen Lesperance music came later in life than for many performers, but she's making up for lost time hitting the road in support of her latest disc 'Brilliant Bright'.

Tusen Takk Luke Redfield 7-out-of-10 We like to romanticize the wandering musician. A spirit unbound by daunting mainstream news cycles and ignorant to the 9-5, living a dollar at a time.

Michaela Adam starts the school year with a new job, no staff and a big task ahead.

The doctor situation in both Canora and Kamsack should improve shortly.

The Sacred Heart Beat has a long history of being Saskatchewan's top student newspaper. The Beat won the provincial Annual School Newspaper Competition for eight years running between 1999 and 2006 and again for the past two years.

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

Good Spirit School Division #204 Six candidates are vying for three City of Yorkton at large seats on the Good Spirit School Division Board of Education.

On Sat., Sept. 22, 2012, the Yellowhead Flyway Bird Trail Association (YFBTA) held an event that gave people a rare experience of watching two trained peregrine falcons demonstrate their hunting prowess.