Local Arts

Regularly scheduled passenger air service may be back in Yorkton within a few weeks. At least that is the hopes of the local Yorkton Airport Authority which has had meetings with Perimeter Aviation, a Winnipeg-based provider.

The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery presents: Dimensions: Award-Winning Fine Craft from the Saskatchewan Craft Council. Exquisite woodwork, ceramics, jewellery, metal, and innovative fabric, selected from artisans across the province.

The Yorkton Film Festival celebrates its 65th anniversary this week in the city. North America's longest running film festival kicks-off Thursday with a day devoted to students of film.

A sign is up. Trees have been planted. The garden plot is prepared. The people are ready. The Community Garden Alliance, a sub-committee of Assiniboine Food Security Alliance held an informational night on April 24 at the Alliance Church.

The Woman in Black (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. James Watkins. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds.

The fifth annual Paper Bag Players Shakespeare in the Park has been cancelled due to a lack of performers. Auditions for Much Ado About Nothing were held in the first weekend of May but failed to draw enough actors to cast the play.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced recently that Randal Sharp, 50, of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, was sentenced in Yorkton Provincial Court on May 14, 2012 for failing to file personal income tax and goods and services tax (GST) returns.

In recognition of National Hospice Palliative Care week, Sunrise Health Region will host two public workshops with guest speaker Dr. Mark Miller.

Synchronizing ore cutting, hoisting with an expanded milling capacity Mosaic Esterhazy, May 15, 2012 - The expansion project that began in 2008 at The Mosaic Company's Esterhazy K1 and K2 sites is coming to a close.

Yorkton Regional High School's robotics team is number one in the country after a first-place finish at the Skills Canada National Competition in Edmonton last week.