Local Arts

The United Nations has designated June 15, 2014 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The day aims to focus global attention on the problem of physical, emotional, and financial abuse of elders.

Yorkton officially has a new Community Plan.

Nearly 60 participants in the 17th Annual Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer head-shaving May 31 raised more than $36,000 for cancer research through the Canadian Cancer Society, Parkland Unit during the main event and five remote events at Mil

Motor vehicle collisions remain the leading cause of death in Canadian children over the age of one. From 2009-2012, 937 children between the ages of 0-12 were injured and 9 were killed in car crashes in Saskatchewan.

Warmer weather is here and it's more important than ever to protect yourself from pesky mosquito bites. Not only are bites uncomfortable, but the mosquito that bites you may also give you West Nile virus.

The Deer Park Golf Course equipment fleet is getting a major upgrade.

The Yorkton United Girls claimed silver in the Saskatoon Harder Avalon Classic tournament on May 30-June 1. The team was entered in the U18 division although the majority of the Yorkton players were in the U16 and U14 age category.

The theme of this year's annual general meeting of Parkland Victims Services (PVS) held June 2 at St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Cultural Centre was expansion.

The annual D-Day parade and service will be held in Yorkton Friday.

A group of 88 local high school musicians recently put Yorkton on the map south of the border with both their talent and their behaviour.