Local Arts

The Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) is celebrating National Indigenous History Month throughout the month of June including a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the First Nations Gallery.

Wesley Fyck, Hazel Minchuk and Arthur Martinuk have been appointed to the Calder Housing Authority Board of Directors. Other members of the board of directors are Barbara Albert and Marie Dawe. Fyck is the newly appointed chairperson.

On a normal school day, the Yorkton Regional High School parking lot is filled to the brim with cars. On Walk and Roll Day (Jun. 6), the goal is to empty out that lot and get students to the school using foot-power.

SGI CANADA has partnered with the Canadian Red Cross in Saskatchewan to provide both financial and volunteer support to help people impacted by disasters in the province.

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced who won the permit lottery for cannabis sales in Saskatchewan.

A Regional Transportation Study was given a first public look at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

Chris Dekker thinks the future of Saskatchewan’s economy lies in exports, particularly in regards to oil, canola seed, and potash. He sees Yorkton as a potentially big winner in those areas.

Parents got a break from the kitchen on May 31 as their children served them dinner at the Yorkton Boys and Girls Club (YBGC). Kid chefs made sweet potato samosas and butter tarts. Families enjoyed their meals while reading through cookbooks.

When Laura Budd filed a complaint about changing the gender marker on her birth certificate in 2014, she contributed to a snowball effect which has resulted in a major court decision.

Deckbuilding is a great board game mechanic in its own right, best seen in a game such as Dominion. But increasingly game designers are using deckbuilding as not the core of the game, but as an element of broader game play.