Local Arts

Saskatchewan officially proclaimed May 2014 as Missing Children's Month. This year marks the 23rd annual Green Ribbon Campaign by Child Find Saskatchewan, which includes National Missing Children's Day on May 25.

If I were forced to pick a single game to play in lieu of any other, it would be crokinole.

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses celebrated its 40th Anniversary last week in Yorkton with its Annual General Meeting at the Gallagher Centre.

Yorkton Kalyna Dance school welcomed hundreds of Ukrainian dancers from across western Canada May 1 to 4 at Anne Portnuff Theatre.

The Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Shortline Railway Association (SSRA) urge all motorists and pedestrians to be alert and cautious near tracks and trains.

A Mile in these Hooves, Comedy It's a trip not of a mile but 3400 kilometres, the distance from Toronto to Venice Beach, California. And it's not a horseback ride either but a journey on foot inside (yes, inside) a two-person donkey costume.

More charges have been laid in a case this newspaper reported on last week ("RCMP Crime Briefs," Yorkton This Week, April 30, 2014) in which Sean Carson of Melville allegedly led police on a wild car chase involving a stolen ATV on April 26.

Girl Guides are famous for their cookies, but on May 4 took their fundraising to a whole new level transforming Yorkdale School into a giant trade show.

Social Services Minister June Draude has proclaimed May 2014 as Speech and Hearing Awareness Month in Saskatchewan.