Local News

The #17 Yorkton Air Cadet Squadron hosted the Zone Level competition of the National Air Cadet Effective Speaking program recently.

RCMP’s Under Water Recovery Team is currently on scene attempting to locate a 30 year old male who drowned in Kamsack on Tuesday. The RCMP indicated to Yorkton This Week Friday morning that as of time of writing, the male has not yet been recovered.

A pair of Parkland College students welded their way to the top spots in a provincial skills competition in Saskatoon on April 12.

A musician with ties to Canora has released a new recording. Ron Kalmakoff who was born in Canora and lived there with his family until age 24, has several recordings to his name, the latest is Come To Me .

For Dennis Tarr birds of prey have always drawn his interest. “As a kid, just always seeing these birds, seeing them circling in the sky, they always kind of fascinated me,” he said.

St. Paul’s School recently held its oratory competition.

The Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network is expanding to include central and northern Saskatchewan.

The Guru Nanak Free Kitchen was in Yorkton over the Easter weekend, giving out free food. They do this every Sunday in Regina. The Sikh organization has been reaching out beyond Regina for Sikh Heritage Month.

A man from the Village of Arran, recently pleaded guilty in a Kamsack courtroom to violations under The Wildlife Act and The Wildlife Regulations and received $3,300 in fines and a three-year hunting suspension.