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Vic Hamer hopes to bring fresh water to a village in Kenya with the help of people in the Good Spirit Lake region.

Eighty high school graduates with career aspirations in the skilled trades were each awarded $1,000 from the Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship (SYA) Industry Scholarship Program.

From 1882-1905, when Saskatchewan became a Province, Yorkton's address was: Provisional District of Assiniboia, North West Territories.

Statistics Canada recently released trade figures that indicate Saskatchewan's wholesale trade increased 13.2 per cent in May 2012 over May 2011, the third highest growth rate in Canada. Wholesale trade totalled $1.

There is potential for co-operation between companies in the Yorkton region and those in the Netherlands.

"WESTERN 649 has been very good to me," Joyce Babiuk said. A few years ago, the Yorkton resident won $500 for matching five of six main numbers.

A Yorkton-born artist was announced this month as the winner of a British Columbia talent contest designed to promote an environmental cause.

About 89 per cent of patients waiting for surgery in Saskatchewan are receiving it within six months, wait times statistics show. The health system's goal for 2012-13 is to provide all patients an offer of surgery within six months.

The Honourable Lyle Stewart, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture, was sworn in as the president of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) executive committee at the 2012 Annual Summit in Saskatoonlast week.

The story titled 'Western Development Museum unveils let's have fun! display' that appeared in the July 18 edition of Yorkton This Week incorrectly stated: "While the government did not earmark specific funds for the project, the WDM board devoted go