Local News

A Pelly woman, a Norquay woman, extended members of their families and many district friends will have their eyes on the Telus Cup championship hockey competition in New Brunswick beginning Monday.

Elected April 4, the whirlwind of activity began for Terry Dennis. A couple of days later, he was in Regina for his first caucus meeting as one of the 51 newly elected Saskatchewan Party MLAs.

Kamsack and Norquay students are among nearly 20,000 elementary and high school students under the voting age who cast ballots for the provincial election in the Student Vote program for the 2016 Saskatchewan provincial election.

Members of the Kamsack Indoor Rodeo Association attended the Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) volunteer appreciation event in Regina on April 7.

All those sad souls still kicking themselves for not having purchased a copy of Spinning Stories: A Woven History when it was still available may now relax and access the community’s history book via the Internet.

Richardson Pioneer has donated $50,000 to the Norquay Communiplex to help with needed upgrades including insulation for the skating rink’s ceiling and walls.

Kamsack’s Power House Museum board, which held its annual meeting last month, has embarked on the establishment of planning, policy and event committees which will help ensure the sustainability of the museum.

The City of Yorkton managed to run a financial surplus in 2015. That was the good news Yorkton Council heard at its regular meeting Monday. Shannon Bell, Director of Finance told Council that 2015 revenues were $492,060 more than budgeted.

Work will continue on Dracup Avenue through the work season of 2016, and on into 2017. That was part of the message Yorkton Council heard at its regular meeting Monday. Dracup Avenue is home to some of the City’s largest underground infrastructure.

The City of Yorkton is moving ahead with what was a non-budgeted for purchase of a new computer server.