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For Kent Latimer and his son Ethan it was a trip they will long remember. The father and son duo travelled to Ireland earlier this summer to participate in JamboRí 2018, Scouting Ireland’s national jamboree. From July 25 to Aug.

The Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship was held in Duncan, BC from Aug. 6-9. Yorkton golfer Kade Johnson was one of the golfers competing at the national event. Johnson, who won the Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur on July 19, tied for 56th place.

Two Yorktonites helped launch Canada to the top of the hockey heap over the weekend, snagging the prestigious 2018 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup.

Fans of bull riding will want to be at this year’s Grain Millers Harvest Showdown as the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada’s Touring Pro Division (TPD) will be making its inaugural stop in Yorkton.

Residents of Yorkton and Area have some decisions to make in regards to just what they want in the city in terms of entertainment in the years ahead.

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society’s ‘Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show’ was held last Wednesday, (Aug. 8). The event was an opportunity for local area gardeners to show the best flowers and vegetables from their gardens.

The future of the Yorkton Cardinal baseball team is up in the air.

The Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbors (SIGN) outreach program hosted a barbeque to celebrate World Hepatitis Day on July 27 in the parking lot of the Yorkton Co-op Gas Bar in Kamsack.

The Etoimamie Valley Riders Club allowed avid horse riders to showcase their skills at various events during gymkhana, which was part of the Preeceville Lions western weekend on July 14 and 15. Jen Hue was the announcer for the two-day event.

“I’m just doing my rock n roll duty” “Might as well go for a soda, nobody hurts and nobody cries” Classic Kim Mitchell tunes rang out across King George Park in Canora on July 14, as the headline performer and his band thrilled a sellout crowd of clo