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After winning the 2018 Saskatchewan Outstanding Young Farmer award in June, Jordan and Jennifer Lindgren and family attended the Outstanding Young Farmer Program National Recognition Event in Winnipeg from November 27 to December 2.

The third novel in the Milligan Creek Series, which is set in a fictionalized version of Foam Lake, SK. has been released.

Incident occurred back over Labor Day weekend

Laurene Jemieff leads the concert sing-a-long as Larry Pearen directs the Community Concert Band. The band and the Community Concert Choir teamed up for a seasonal concert at the Anne Portnuff Theatre in the city Sunday.

For the first time this season the Yorkton RawTec Maulers have put together back-to-back wins. The Maulers defeated Moose Jaw on Dec. 2, on Farrell Agencies Arena ice, then headed to Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw to again face the Generals Saturday.

The Yorkton Terriers played only one Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game this week a loss on home ice Friday.

Yorkton Council took its first public look at its 2019 operating and capital budgets at its regular meeting Monday. The proposed budget includes a 2.9 per cent increase in taxation revenue for the 2019 year. “This includes 0.

Grinchmas in Canora was held on November 24 at Kids Korner Youth Centre. The idea behind the event was to provide a fun family day for the community, said Tricia Bedore, Kids Korner managing director.

A Family Literacy Fun Night was held at Keeseekoose Chief’s Education Centre on November 28 organized by teacher Crystal Whitehawk in partnership with Carol Marriott, literacy coordinator with the Parkland Regional Library, Literacy Hub.

It’s a long way from Canora to Texas, but Nick Olynyk has made the move, albeit not directly. Olynyk is president of Grandpa Gus, a company specializing in vermin control without the use of poisons.