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Point-of-sale fraud reaches Yorkton

Retailers don't even have to think about not leaving cash lying around, but these days thieves are cashing in on a different kind oversight by store clerks. To a savvy crook, unattended point-of-sale terminals (PSTs) are as good as an open vault.
Yorkton father and son killed in Manitoba crash

Yorkton father and son killed in Manitoba crash

A 42-year-old man and his 16-year-old son from Yorkton are dead following a collision with a pickup truck last night near Morden, Manitoba.
Blues and pop sound new

Blues and pop sound new

Learn to Feel Wilderman 8-out-of-10 Learn to Feel, by Los Angeles band Wilderman, is a raw slice of a new pie. Mixing heavy blues with synth pop in a weird and brilliant way, Wilderman brings new sounds to an old genre.
Local film producer garners international acclaim

Local film producer garners international acclaim

It took Terry Ortynsky and Robert Fritz a couple of years to get rolling, but since their first film, Twice, premiered at the Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) in March, they are building momentum and rapidly putting together a repertoire of films.
Yorkton Flying School

Yorkton Flying School

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. No. 11, Service Flying Training School Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

July traffic blitz yields 305 tickets

Saskatchewan police agencies and the provincial insurer, SGI, are not letting up on a campaign designed to raise safety awareness and save lives.
Kite flying popular pastime worldwide

Kite flying popular pastime worldwide

When it comes to outdoor games for summer I do find my interest tends to focus on activities which are also sports, realizing some readers will argue whether something like bean bag toss is a sport.
S-Cape science day

S-Cape science day

Science is fun. That is what participants, aged six to 12, learned during a special session of the S-Cape summer program at Gallagher Centre last week.

Society big winner

When it comes to hard dollar returns, few investments equal a donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters, according to a new study from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

July tourism stats up over 2012

Tourism in Yorkton was up significantly for July over the same month last year. A total of 774 people visited the Yorkton Visitor Centre compared to 697 in July 2012, an increase of 11 per cent.
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