Local Arts

The Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association, in partnership with SaskPower, and the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, is pleased to announce the 2012 recipients of the Junior Citizen of the Year Award.

BJ Carey of St. Walburg, SK came out on top of the annual Yorkton Dodge CPCA Chuckwagon Classic at the Cornerstone Raceway with an aggregated time of 2:10.68 over the weekend.

The campaign by Yorkton residents to build a skateboard park on Brodie Avenue continues to pay off for the city.

According to The Weather Network's Summer Outlook, a warm summer is on the horizon, with normal to above normal temperatures expected across the country.

The Becoming Clubhouse has been a recent development by the Yorkton Mental Health Drop-In Centre, a program offering a range of programming for the community.

Saskatchewan residents have until July 5 to nominate individuals for the province's highest honour, the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.

Residents of Yorkton were invited to share their opinions on how to improve education and employment prospects for Saskatchewan's Aboriginal people at a consultation session here on May 29.

Yorkton Regional High School students polished their rides for the school's 32nd Annual Car Show and Shine on May 29. After a day of admiring the event's more than 60 entries, awards were handed out.

Opponents to a 425-page bill gathered in cities across the country on Saturday, June 2. Yorkton-Melville M.P. Garry Breitkreuz was unaware that a few showed up in front of his constituency office.

The WA WA Shrine Circus was in town on May 29, performing two shows to full houses at Farrell Agencies Arena. Proceeds from the circus go to support the WA WA Shriners and their charity work.