Local Arts

Recent media reports have raised questions about the fate of BHP Billiton potash mine projects in Saskatchewan. The report has Marius Kloppers, chief executive officer of BHP Billiton, recently telling Caixin Media Co.

Rain forced the Yorkton Legion's annual D-Day Parade indoors on June 6.

There are some games which just look great, and they attract you based on that aspect before playing them. Splits is one of those games. It has a modular board made out of wood. Yes, I said wood.

Alzheimer and Dementia Support/Information Group Meeting Wed., June 13, 2:00 p.m., Social Work Dept. Everyone welcome. For more info contact the SHR Community Social Worker 786-0722. --- Yorkton Public Library: June 18 @ 2:00 p.m.

Summer is fast approaching and youth in the province, 14 and 15 year-olds, who are interested in summer jobs, must complete Saskatchewan's Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course (YWRCC) in order to work.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Guy Ritchie. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris. Frantic action detective story that suffers from trying to do too much.

On March 7, 2009, the Sturgis RCMP were called to a residence in the small community of Usherville in relation to the suspicious death of a local 50-year-old female resident.

An error which resulted in some diagnostic imaging test results not being automatically faxed to the ordering physicians and posted to the Picture Archiving System (PACS) has been identified and corrected.

There is a new face at the Yorkton Public Library with the recent arrival of head librarian Ben Gosling. Gosling was born in Britain, but his family moved to Canada when he was only four.

Parkland College is pleased to have concluded a successful visit with a guest from a college in the East African nation of Tanzania. Hamisi Kamando with the Mineral Resources Institute (MRI) in Dodoma, Tanzania, was at Parkland College May 23-26.