Local Arts

The panel tasked with examining all aspects of child welfare in Saskatchewan has finished three months of hearings and presentations and is now preparing a report to present to government this fall.

The June sale of petroleum and natural gas rights generated $46.2 million in revenue, making it the second-highest June land sale on record. Land sale revenue for the 2010 calendar year now stands at $275.

As part of the University of Saskatchewan's (U of S) commitment to fiscal responsibility, the Board of Governors has approved a change in the options available to students for payment of tuition.

In 1944 Wilford Kirk was a Canadian soldier serving in Holland. The then Sergeant was leading a 12-man section whose objective was a German pillbox on a hill near the town of Wonensdrecht.

An initiative by the Yorkton Rural RCMP to crack down on bush parties is now turning its attention to the property owners who allow the parties to happen.

The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) received a $1 million gift from the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) for the College of Agriculture and Bioresources' Phytotron Renewal Project.

Carla Rudy never focused on art through school, nor has she taken formal training, but she has found a muse which has her busy at the easel whenever family allows.

Shirley & Gordon Dunlop of Red Water, AB called on Bob Davies last Friday on their way to visit their daughter living in Manitoba on a farm. Shirley is a niece of the late Nans, Pat & Vera Asplund.

From the YTW files May 1995

Yorkton's Western Development Museum held its 55th annual Threshermen's Show and Seniors' Festival at the museum grounds on July 31st, and August 1st.