Local Arts

The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation continues to preserve our province's heritage and history by working with individuals and communities.

John Anderson, General Manager of the Days Inn and Suites and Stephen Whelan, a principal of the hotel, announced their sponsorship with Ross Fisher of The Health Foundation. Mr. Anderson presented a cheque for $1,000 to Mr. Fisher.

Average weekly earnings in Saskatchewan increased 4.8 per cent in May 2013 compared to May 2012. The increase was almost twice the national average of 2.5 per cent and the second highest among the provinces.

Air search and rescue crews from across western Canada will be in Yorkton August 9 to 11 for an annual training exercise.

The Chase Kraynick Pay It Forward Splash Park was officially opened in Canora recently "It has been a whirl wind of activity to get where we are today. And let me tell you there has been a lot of it.

*****UPDATE***** Shortly after 1:30 pm members of the Wadena RCMP and Yorkton General Investigation section located and arrested Monte RayNanaquatung on the Fishing lake First Nation. He was taken into custody without incident.

Saskatchewan's economy had manufacturing sales breaking records in May, landing the province in top spot for year-over-year growth for a second straight month. In a Statistics Canada report released today, Saskatchewan's shipments totalled $1.

Local members of the RCMP detachment attended a recent Yorkton Cardinals Western Major Baseball League game at Jubilee Park to hand out positive tickets to youth.

When it comes to backyard games for the summer one which sometimes gets overlooked is croquet. It is somewhat surprising a game with the long history of croquet now seems to lag behind other new games such as washers.

Dinosaur bones were not a feature of a visit by the Saskatchewan Archeological Society's Archaeocarvan visit to the Yorkton Western Development Museum last week.