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All-new hospitals for Yorkton and Canora are the official recommendation coming out of the Sunrise Health Region's 22-week conceptual planning process.

According to a recent report from Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan's average weekly earnings were $904.42, the second highest in Canada behind Alberta ($1,052.53). This is the second highest average weekly earnings for Saskatchewan on record.

Yorkton skateboarders are smiling after the announcement last week the city will receive $150,000 from Aviva Community Fund Contest toward a new facility. "We were the grand prize winner.

Despite numerous positive economic indicators, Saskatchewan appears to be in the midst of a "jobless boom," according to Sask Trends Monitor. The latest edition of the monthly statistical report shows employment in the province grew by only 0.

The Yorkton Exhibition Grandstand is usually full of people at least once per week during the summer for standardbred racing. Over the weekend, it saw a crowd gathered for the first time on a winter day.

The Ministry of Government Services announced that the old Provincial Laboratory located at 3211 Albert Street will be deconstructed beginning in February, which will assist government in reducing its footprint and costs.

Saskatchewan leads the country in the growth of its registered nurse (RN) workforce, according to a report released yesterday by the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI).

Heart disease and stroke take 1 in 3 Canadians before their time. And it is the #1 killer of women in Canada, taking more female lives than all cancers combined. While those numbers are shocking, there is good news for Canadians.

Dale Gelowitz, Manager of Windsor Plywood, presented a cheque for $1,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation, to help fund the conceptual plan for a new regional hospital.

In the story on Page B1 of Yorkton This Week Jan. 21, a photograph of two men should have been credited to Charles Melnick, and a picture of an old wondow to Carolyn Pihach. Pihach was identified as being a Yorkton resident.