Local Arts

More than 700 groups and organizations across the province are receiving approximately $1.5 million through the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA)’s charitable gaming grant program.

One more case in an ongoing drug trafficking saga has wrapped up with a one-year prison sentence. On January 9, Thomas Stevenson pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking cocaine at Court of Queen’s Bench in Yorkton.

Saskatchewan ended 2014 on top, maintaining the lowest unemployment rate in Canada for the 25th consecutive month. The province’s unemployment rate in December was 3.6 per cent (seasonally adjusted), well below the national average of 6.

The United Steelworkers (Union) is currently in the midst of a Canada-wide ‘Stop the Killing’ campaign.

Amie Evans, a small business advisor with TD Canada Trust in the city has received that organization’s highest employee honour. It was announced last Wednesday Evans was among 90 employees to receive the 2015 Vision In Action award.

Municipal governments could face added costs with the Canada Post decision to cut door-to-door delivery of mail.

Premier Brad Wall, Education Minister Don Morgan and Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer joined Saskatchewan children and families on January 8 to announce the Government of Saskatchewan’s 2014-15 investment of $200,000 in the Ability in Me (AIM)

A former Yorkton businessman who allegedly committed an aggravated assault in Yorkton last May and was on the run in B.C. is back in town.

It was a good 2014 in terms of tourism in Yorkton, and things look set for a good 2015 ahead. That was the message Yorkton Council heard at its regular meeting from Tourism Yorkton chair Neil Thom.

The Saskatchewan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Saskatchewan SPCA) announced they will not renew their contract with the Ministry of Agriculture for enforcement of The Animal Protection Act, 1999.