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Yorkton Council unanimously proclaimed Violence Awareness Week for Dec. 4 to Dec. 10 in the city. The request for the designation was made at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday by the Yorkton Partnership Against Violence Committee.

An initiative that would see a new skateboard park built in Yorkton is the lone Saskatchewan project in the semifinal round of the Aviva Community Fund Contest.

The departure of one of Yorkton's three anesthetists this week could have a "slight" impact on local surgery volumes in the near future, reports the Sunrise Health Region. Anesthetist Dr.

The results are in from an independent survey taken last winter that rated Yorkton Regional Health Centre's emergency department against 13 other EDs around the province.

From left to right: R. J. Penny B.Sc., R.K. Fox B.A., S.W. Steinson, B.A., A. May B.A,; R.M. Baldwin, J.M. Currie B.A., K. Falconer, M.A., C.B. Stephens, G. Cox, M. Spice.

Saskatchewan's average wages are the second highest in the country for the first time since records have been recorded and, for the first time, passed Ontario in weekly earnings. Average weekly earnings were $906.

The Capital Budget for the City of Yorkton was approved by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

Another group of local Grade 10 students were given a mock demonstration of the city's emergency response procedures last week in the hope that they will never need to witness the real thing.

Garland & Elize Thiele were to Sorrento, B.C. to be present at his niece's wedding on Nov. 12, 2011. It was such a beautiful wedding. Garland was also blessed with the presence at the wedding of his three daughters and his son.

The Yorkton Public Library is finally close to being back in its familiar location on Broadway Street after being displaced for some 18-months by the flooding July 1, 2010. When the library does re-open for full service Dec.