Local News

The Yorkton area was well represented at the recent 2018 World Clydesdale Show hosted in Madison, WI. in the final week of October, including Yorkton’s Twylla Newton returning with a number of championships. “This was new for me.

The senior boys’ volleyball program at Yorkton Regional High School is in the middle of a revival.

The Yorkton Terriers won a pair of Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League games on the weekend. With the wins the Terriers sit with a record of 10-7-1 for 21 points and the top spot in the SJHL’s Viterra Division.

Jerome Niezgoda has been a trustee for a long time and he’s enjoyed every minute of it. Niezgoda was elected as a trustee for Christ the Teacher Catholic (CTTC) school division in 2000.

Election results have been announced for RM polls held across Saskatchewan on October 24, including those in the Kamsack region. In the RM of Cote, Div.

The Preeceville Volunteer Fire Department underwent the first of several sessions for updating its first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course.

The Canora leisure services board received a donation of $20,000 from the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) AgriSpirit Fund on October 23 for its recently-completed lighting project at the Sylvia Fedoruk Centre.

At approximately 9 a.m. on October 24, Kamsack RCMP members were advised of a potential firearm-related threat at the Chief Gabriel Cote School on the Cote First Nation, according to a Kamsack RCMP release.

The Rural Municipality of Hazel Dell saw ratepayers on October 24 electing Allen Kreshewski as the new councillor for Division 2 according to Michael Rattray, administrator. Incumbent David (Ken) Spray was unseated by Kreshewski by a 26 to 19 vote.

Jennifer Fedun, a researcher, writer and editor based in Yorkton, visited the Canora Ukrainian Heritage Museum on October 20 to give a presentation on Ukrainian Folk Medicine.