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Saskatchewan residents continue to benefit from the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program.

From May 28 until June 1, youth from Yorkton's Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division attended the 40th AMPO at Duck Mountain Provincial Park. Students got to experience canoeing, archery, firestarting and a host of outdoor skills.

New census data released shows that Saskatchewan is bucking the national trend and getting younger. As the Canadian population ages, Saskatchewan is the only province that saw its median age and percentage of seniors get lower between 2006 and 2011.

By the summer of 1882, fourteen settlers had arrived from Ontario and England. They came first in ox-driven carts by way of Brandon, to Fort Ellice near where St. Lazare, Manitoba is located today, via the Carleton Trail.

At its May 30 meeting, the Sunrise Regional Health Authority passed a narrowly balanced budget that will require stretching existing healthcare dollars further than ever. The $208.

Kidney disease (Alport Syndrome) has been a part of my life for many years, affecting four generations of loved ones. My immediate family has been burdened with this disease for years.

Alick Brooke and Guy Bourassa passed through Yorkton on horseback last week on an early leg of their journey across Canada.

Saskatchewan was the only province in Canada to show across-the-board improvement in housing affordability in the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report, issued today by RBC Economics Research.

John Carter (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Andrew Stanton. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe. High-budget, low-imagination Disney adventure with no sense of direction and no soul.

The 14th Biennial Synod ELCIC touched down in Yorkton from June 1 to 3. About 230 Lutheran pastors and delegates from across the province gathered at the Gallagher Centre, said Karen Linsley, the conference coordinator.