Local Arts

Morning commuters had to take alternative routes to work on Monday morning. Resurfacing of Broadway Street West began on June 11. The old roadway will be replaced with a new asphalt overlay. The project is expected to be finished by Jun. 24.

The city has its first ‘Little Free Library’, (LFL), thanks to the efforts of the Social Activism Club, (SAC), at the Yorkton Regional High School. “The first Little Free Library was built in 2009 by Todd Bol in Hudson, Wisconsin.

A Moosomin, SK man was found guilty in Yorkton Court of Queen’s Bench of fraud over $5,000 and forging cheques after a trial centering around his time as an employee of Prairie Livestock Joint Venture.

Amber-Joy Boyd doesn’t want to see a single Yorkton Regional High School student during her day job. She is a specialist in career and employment services for Vision Loss Rehabilitation Saskatchewan, part of the CNIB.

Gary Gott didn’t always understand the importance of the Treaty 4 flag. As a younger man, Gott, a member of Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, didn’t fully appreciate the flag. Now he sees its value.

Grandma Knox recalled that after her father ploughed up seven acres of virgin prairie, he seeded his entire 1933 crop to oats. “He just seeded it by hand,” she wrote. “Beautiful crop. Grew up about six feet high, and froze right down in August.

The General Alexander Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Yorkton held its annual Decoration Day Service Wednesday, June 6, at the Yorkton Cemetery.

Members of the Yorkton Navy League and Yorkton Army Cadets cleaned and placed flags on veteran’s graves at Yorkton Memorial Gardens May 31.

Ready for takeoff. Parents and kids enjoyed hamburgers, drinks, and airplanes in a hangar at the Yorkton Regional Airport on Jun. 2. The BBQ raised $1000 for the Circle o’ Friends summer camp, which helps children affected by cancer.

George Plews was one of the founders of Yorkton’s Habitat for Humanity branch, as well as being an integral part of Habitat in Selkirk, MB before moving here.