Local Arts

May will likely long remain a month where my mind turns to Friday nights at the Cornerstone Raceway in Yorkton watching standardbreds. The race season used to start in May, a sort of racing herald of the good times of spring, summer and fall ahead.

Recent disasters like the earthquake in Nepal serve as a stark reminder for the need to be ready.

A Saskatchewan company was recently fined for unlawfully establishing a waste disposal ground without a permit. The charge stemmed from a call to a Ministry of Environment office in July of 2013.

A 39-year-old Saltcoats man has been sentenced to time-served on a charge of invitation to sexual touching involving a 14-year-old girl.

The 26th edition of the Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards will be remembered as the year of Jessica Moskaluke.

Ron Waddell is a familiar name to local area country music fans as a long time on air personality at GX94 Radio.

Murray Yung has long been a supporter of country music.

It was another successful Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards night for Codie Prevost. The Rose Valley, SK. product walked away with both Single of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year honours.

Storage tanks at the rear of the Sask Power Corporation building are on fire February 26, 1944. The fire was spectacular, but brought under control. Damage was less than $1,000.

Despite ongoing softness in the oil market and a stagnant economy in most of the country, the federal budget announced last week by Joe Oliver contained a lot of goodies for a targeted group of taxpayers.