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Gladys Perepluk and Olga Balysky are the face of ‘Purple Day’ in Yorkton, helping to spread epilepsy awareness. “Purple Day is right clear across Canada, and a young lady came up with this.

Volunteer Week was declared in Yorkton. “Volunteering is a major part of our identity as Canadians – we value civic participation and embrace a spirit of community.

Saskatchewan has officially proclaimed March 24-30 as Social Work Week in Saskatchewan. The theme for this year’s celebration is Real People. Real Impact.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area was the recipient of a South Saskatchewan Foundation Grant, used to host Monday morning’s Vital Community Conversation at SIGN.

On a “very cold day with a brisk wind and temperature at -30C in the morning,” a group of snowmobilers gathered to participate in the annual Swan Plain Poker Derby.

The Kamsack Volunteer Fire Department (FVFD) participated in a traffic awareness exercise, the “Slow Down Move Over” campaign, on Highway No. 9, south of Canora.

Elsie Myhran, a resident at the Preeceville Personal Care Home celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends on March 13. Willie Jakubowski and company provided musical entertainment followed by a lunch and cake with ice cream.

The Canora/Sturgis RCMP has organized a Traffic Enforcement Initiative on March 26 for the towns of Canora, Sturgis and Preeceville.

On March 5 Indigenous Services Canada Outreach Nurse, Cassandra Whalley, partnered with Candice Nelson of the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbors (SIGN) Outreach Program to host “Queen for the Day”, an event at the OCC hall in celebration o

Brothers Carter and Wyatt Scheller, 11 and nine years of age respectively, of the Ketchen area never dreamed that their unique craft idea of duct tape art would turn viral.