Local News

William Lukinuk of Canora was 25 years old when he enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1942 and trained for the largest landing invasion in the world’s history on the beaches of Normandy.

In November 1990, which was 25 years before he died in June 2015, Alex Drancejko of Kamsack spoke to the Times about his youth when he survived the “Harvest of Sorrow” in Ukraine, and then was pulled into the Second World War.

Bill Lesko, who was raised in the Lady Lake area and graduated from Sturgis Composite High School in 1968, says he had little interest in going to university. So, in March of 1969 he decided that he wanted to work in the bush.

Pastor Wilfred Michaels of Canora presently serves as the padre for the Canora branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, but his military career started out quite differently when he was a teenager. Michaels grew up in Yarmouth, N.

On Saturday, former Wroxton resident Sgt. Austin Hovrisko will be among representatives of Canada’s armed forces attending the Remembrance Day service at the Gallagher Centre in Yorkton.

Members of the Preeceville Harvard Air Cadets 606 Squadron canvassed the Town of Preeceville on November 6 to promote wearing poppies prior to the Remembrance Day service.

Reports on the CBC last month regarding incidents of HIV infection in Saskatchewan, and by extension in the Kamsack area, are more a reflection of a healthy community than a cause for concern, Mayor Nancy Brunt said last week.

When Santa Claus comes to Kamsack in only three weeks from now, although he won’t be bringing any of his reindeer with him, he will be greeted in style with a lot more happening at a larger location.

Members of the Wa Wa Shriners of Yorkton visited the Preeceville School and Sturgis Composite School on October 25 to promote fire safety and to present their stop burn injuries program.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce announces that no election will be required for the eight positions on the Chamber’s 2018 Board of Directors as the required 8 nominations were received.