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The Family Resource centre hosted a sponsorship tea that acknowledged its sponsors from the past year on January 24. Miles Russell, chairperson for the Family Resource Centre welcomed everyone and gave an overview of the centre and its programs.

The Water Park at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton has a shiny new name. Friday, the City of Yorkton, in partnership with Access Communications Co-operative, announced the facility will now be known as the Access Communications Water Park.

Rod Taylor, leader of the federal Christian Heritage Party (CHP) of Canada will be in Yorkton Monday for a meet and greet. The event will be held at Yorkton Crossing Retirement Community at 1:30 p.m.

The Canora Economic Development Commission (CEDC) held a meeting at the Town of Canora office on January 23. Ben Sipple, community development officer and CEDC member, led the meeting.

A new project at Cote First Nation will teach valuable hands-on skills to several students while building a tiny house for one of the community’s elders. The Tiny House Project was officially launched Monday.

St. Paul’s School is participating in the One Community, One Book Family Read Aloud of Wishtree by Katherine Applegate.

The town council of Outlook met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday night, January 23.

Two Missouri hunters found guilty in one of that state’s largest deer poaching cases are facing charges in Saskatchewan. In 2016, David Berry Jr. and Cody Scott came to the province under the pretence of being duck hunters.

The Yorkton Terriers went pink to raise money to help fight cancer. Each team member wore a jersey bearing the name of someone who had to combat cancer, and a silent auction, jersey sales and a portion of ticket sales went to raise $7,526.

According to reports released by Statistics Canada, Saskatchewan had strong manufacturing and wholesale trade sales in November 2018, both year-over-year and month-to-month. Saskatchewan’s manufacturing sector sales were up 10.