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As the voting continues this month to determine which finalist community will be named Riderville the committee behind Yorkton's bid for the title continues to hold events to build momentum in voting. Those efforts continue this Friday, Aug.

"Why are you still alive?" is the question doctors ask Ozzy Osbourne, the hard-rock singer and reality-TV star, who says he is now clean and sober after a lifetime of almost unimaginably bad habits.

Just three months after kicking off the opportunity to purchase Rider licence plates, SGI has received over 12,000 orders resulting in a profit of about $325,000 for the Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club.

Sean Burns likes life on the road as a musician. "I've played in about 20 of the United States and in every Province except Newfoundland," said the folk/country artist who will perform at 5th Avenue Cup & Saucer in Yorkton tonight (Aug. 18).

On August 3, 2010 at approximately 8:40 pm, a male suspect broke a small garage door window located in the fenced compound of a business on Broadway Street East and 7th Avenue North, Yorkton.

Saskatchewan has set an employment record for the sixth consecutive month and once again enjoys the lowest unemployment rate in the country.

A strong month of July has fueled a 6.5 per cent year-over-year increase in job postings on SaskJobs.ca.A total of 8,875 jobs were posted to SaskJobs in July 2010, up from 8,328 in the same month last year.

Saskatchewan residents have until October 18 to nominate individuals for the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal. The Volunteer Medal recognizes individuals who have provided outstanding volunteer service or exceptional community involvement.

Twenty-six students of Yorkton's Dance Innovations studio and their families recently returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip to take in the dance culture of New York City.

For a night of country rock, The Spot in Yorkton is the place to be tomorrow evening (Aug. 19) as the Edmonton band Whiskey Face hits the stage.