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A thrift store which has been in operation for over 40 years, the last 15 at its Main Street location, has formed a partnership with Kamsack Comprehensive Institute (KCI.

Tourism Week is a provincially marked event each year in Saskatchewan. Monday, at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council, the week was also unanimously proclaimed to mark the week of May 26 to June 1 as Tourism Week in the city.

The City of Yorkton has established its sub-classes of land and improvements for tax purposes and its 2019 Mill Rate. Both decisions were made Monday at the regular meeting of Yorkton Councils.

The 13th annual GX94 and FOX FM Airwaves for Health Radiothon was a huge success in raising $143,128 for the Health Foundation.

Horse owners gathered at Tail Winds Stables South of Yorkton Sunday for some pointers on health care from veterinarians and farrier Dr. Cindy Lukianchuk.

Yorkton Film Festival Week will be marked in the city May 23-26. “The Yorkton Film Festival celebrates 72 years in 2019, and is the longest running festival in North America.

On May 5 at approximately 10 a.m., the body of Ernest Severight, a 30-year-old male from the Cote First Nation, was located by community volunteers in the Assiniboine River, approximately 10 metres downstream from the Kamsack Concrete Weir.

Work begins again to protect vital lake waters

Saskatchewan producers had a record 1,481 quarter sections come into compliance in 2018-19, more than doubling last year’s numbers and a tenfold increase from 2014-15.

It was interesting to listen to a presentation Monday at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council regarding is Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada May 5-11.