Local Arts

The Winning the Prairie Gamble exhibit came full circle on July 11 with the opening of the Let's Have Fun! display at the Western Development Museum. The celebration marks the end of years of construction on the centennial exhibit.

Having a bilingual information counsellor is coming in handy this summer at the Visitor Centre.

Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall met July 16, 2012, in Saskatoon to sign an Intergovernmental Relations Accord that commits their governments to working more closely on areas of mutual interest.

The Canadian Diabetes Associations Clothesline® Program is asking for the public's assistance in donating reusable clothing and household items in the Yorkton area.

For a few weeks we will feature some of the early settlers of York colony and area. We have to be thankful for the existence of Archives, newspapers and those persons who kept old photos, wrote stories, letters, postcards, recorded interviews.

Progressive Discover-e School, an accredited, online school that offers students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 an internet-based education has qualified for provincial funding.

(Correction in age - our apologies) Sincere Sympathy from Dubuc and community goes to the family of Ted Ellwood who passed away Fri., June 29 at the age of 77 at St Anthony's Hospital in Esterhazy.

People sweep plugged storm drains with rakes at the intersection of North St. and Gladstone Ave. N. following a downpour on July 11.

A flag celebrating 50 years of Medicare in Saskatchewan was raised at Yorkton City Hall on Wednesday, July 18. The City of Yorkton, along with many other municipalities in Saskatchewan, has declared July as Medicare month.

Seed to Score is a new fundraising effort in support of the Yorkton Terriers Junior Hockey Club. The program has a number of local businesses supporting the Terries in an effort to grow a canola crop which they will market in the fall.