Local Arts

World Breastfeeding Week will be marked in Yorkton following a unanimous decision of Council Monday. "Every year, the week of October 1-7 is recognized as World Breastfeeding Week in Canada.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area made a request of Yorkton Council Monday. "Please be advised that the month of September has been declared Big Brothers Big Sisters month nationally.

A close-up look at an architecturally attractive building of days gone by. It stood at #17 on Third Avenue South, beside the back alley just across the street of the present day Liquor Store.

It is often an invisible condition that manifests in behavioural and/or cognitive disabilities. Its victims are over-represented in the criminal justice system devastating communities and costing Canada at least $20 to $25 million per year.

Economy Minister Bill Boyd and Saskatchewan Roughriders President Jim Hopson recently announced a new look for the team for the remaining 2013 regular season.

Measuring more than 30 feet from snout to tail fluke with vicious crocodile-like teeth, Omaciw (pronounced oh-matchee-oh) hunted the shallow inland sea that covered southwestern Saskatchewan in the late cretaceous.

SaskTel can move forward with the installation of four new cell phone towers in the city following unanimous support for the project by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

According to a preliminary fiscal accountability report for the fourth quarter of 2012/2013 Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools (CTTCS) remains in the black.

Pro-nationalism English Defence League activists seemed to be itching for a street brawl to break up a scheduled anti-nationalist demonstration in downtown Birmingham, England, on July 18, causing the city to mobilize more than 1,000 police - when of

Looking for rewarding volunteering opportunities? Partners in Settlement & Integration is hosting a Volunteer Workshop for newcomers and community members on Fri., Sept. 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Yorkton Newcomer Welcome Centre, 22 Smith St. E.