Local Arts

The World Clydesdale Show was a bittersweet situation for Wynyard area Clydesdale producer Neil Campbell. “I sent four mares down,” he explained, the horses making the trip to Madison Wisconsin with Boulder Bluff Clydesdales from Manitoba.

Christmas seems to come earlier every year. On Nov. 3, families flocked to the Parkland Mall in Yorkton for an afternoon of ornament decorating, painting, and sweet treats.

In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Treaty resource kit, a new Treaty resource is being rolled out for Kindergarten to Grade 9 classrooms across the province.

Linda Banga is among the best drivers in the Clydesdale world, as a trio of championships from the recent World Clydesdale Show in Madison, WI. attest. “I almost didn’t go. I was thinking we had so much harvest left.

Romans vs Britons is yet another outstanding two-player abstract strategy game created by Jon Hather and Gothic Green Oak.

Ross Fisher, Murray Gurski, and Jason De Ruyck were all smiles as The Health Foundation received $1500 from Farm Credit Canada on Nov. 2. The money will go towards the purchase of new and updated lab equipment.

Mark Claxton is known as an actor. The former Yorkton This Week staffer has been in various stage shows in Regina including A Christmas Carol last year, as well as appearances on television with spots on Corner Gas and Little Mosque on the Prairies.

Few things are more concerning in business than the possible impact of something new and unknown. And that is exactly what the agriculture sector is facing as the Canadian government remains steadfast in its commitment to implement a carbon tax.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area has received a donation of $4000 from the Frank J. Flaman Foundation in support of the organization’s mentoring efforts.

Multicultural Week Nov. 17-25 was unanimously approved by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting after a request for the designation was made by the Yorkton branch of the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan.