Local Arts

Highway 10 is now open five kilometres east of the #8 and #80 junction near Esterhazy where a semi-trailer accident blocked traffic for most of the morning. This morning, RCMP from Esterhazy attended to a single vehicle collision.

Saskatchewan consumers were buying new cars and trucks in July at a rate more than double the national average, according to a report released by Statistics Canada today. New motor vehicle sales in the province were up 12.

The Sunrise Health Region is continuing to move toward a fully integrated electronic-based information management system.

A unique opportunity to learn about life with HIV through film is being offered in Yorkton. The Saskatchewan Premiere screening of 'Positive Youth' by filmmaker Charlie David will be held on Oct. 11 at 7:00 p.m.

Plans continue toward installation of helicopter landing pads at both the Sunrise Health Centre in Yorkton and the hospital in Canora. The two facilities will facilitate emergency air lift services on site by recently acquired provincial helicopters.

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.