Local Arts

Yorkton Council approved a tender which will lead to a Saskatoon firm helping create engineering standards for the city.

Now that the kids are out of school for the summer, and the weather is warmer, what are your plans to keep them active? Sadly, not enough Canadian children are being active, even though it is part of a healthy lifestyle.

Among the works at this year's local artist show at the Godfrey Dean Gallery are a series turning a few heads, with the works relegated to a back room because of their content.

Do have more rhubarb than you can possible eat, freeze or can? The apple tree in the backyard produces so many apples each year the yard is covered with them as they fall to waste. Well this year there is an option to all that fruit going to waste.

A high school robotics team will represent Canada at an international event in 2013, and Yorkton Council unanimously approved support for the students after a request Monday.

Attendance numbers have risen over the past five years as RSM continues to inspire visitors. The numbers are in and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) saw a significant increase in visits last year.

Saskatchewan health regions continue to make progress toward this year's target that by March 31, 2013 all Saskatchewan patients will have the choice of undergoing surgery within six months.

Mourners filled Yorkton's City Centre Park to remember Jimmy Ray Wiebe and take a stand against violent crime on the one-year anniversary of the convenience store worker's murder last Wednesday.

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

A $1.225 million matching gift from the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan is the first major contribution to Parkland College's capital campaign for its planned Trades and Technology Centre.