Local Arts

Over 200 G4S Security, first aid personnel, volunteers from Dauphin's Fire Department, Parkland Ambulance staff and RCMP worked together on site to quickly respond to requests for assistance over the weekend.

This week we feature two accounts by York Colony homesteaders, Edward W. Bull, originally from Toronto and Joseph Caldwell originally from Lancashire, England. Bull, Edward W. Edward W. Bull, comes back to Yorkton for a visit in 1932.

Yorkton Council has approved a tender for the 2012 Asphalt Paving Program. "This is an annual program that deals with paving of various areas in the city," explained Joshua Mickleborough, Engineering Manager with the City.

The TD Summer Reading Club is up and running again at the Yorkton Public Library. Children aged 6-12 can participate in scheduled activities each week at the library throughout July and August.

A Yorkton couple spent Friday hosting a workshop teaching how to create a cob oven, and in the process now have an oven in their backyard.

Georgy Tchaidze, First Laureate, Honens International Piano Competition (2009) and Cecilia String Quartet, First Place Winner, Banff International String Quartet Competition (2010) This is a rare chance to hear the top prizewinners of two of the worl

A little extra cleaning was in order before people could enjoy their cabins Canada Day weekend at Canora Beach.

The Public Accounts released has shown the province overcame the financial challenges posed by flooding in 2011-12 to record a pre-transfer surplus of $55 million in the General Revenue Fund (GRF).

The long weekend was a time to relax for many. For Julie Atter, it was time to recover what she could from the wreckage of her two-story garage. On June 24, a powerful storm hit Trapper's Cove, a development at the north end of Good Spirit Lake.

The 129th Yorkton Exhibition Summer Fair is this week, today through Saturday, at the Yorkton Exhibition Grounds.