Local News

Yorkton Council unanimously approved its 2016 Asphalt Paving Program tender at its regular meeting Monday. The City of Yorkton has numerous roadways that require asphalt replacement.

A new commercial education facility in the City needed Council approval Monday for a plan to meet parking requirements. The facility at 253 Myrtle Avenue required a minimum of five on-site parking spaces.

The Society for the Involvement of good Neighbors Inc. (SIGN) was looking to the City of Yorkton for funds to offset losses in its Senior Mobility Program.

At the annual pie-and-ice cream band concert on June 15, Darren Kitsch presented awards to members of the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute beginner, junior and senior bands.

For his donation to the people of Ukraine, a Kamsack man has been personally thanked by the Ukrainian ambassador to Canada.

The community of Arran, which is to celebrate its centennial next month, has received best wishes from Arran, Scotland.

The 17 th Annual Charity Golf Classic, held at the Deer Park Golf Course in Yorkton on June 9, was a huge success with golfers and sponsors raising enough money to buy 12 pieces of medical equipment for eight facilities in the region.

Members of the Victoria School Safety Patrol were thanked for the work they did during the past school year with a pizza party at the Kamsack RCMP detachment office.

The staff of the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute gathered for a photograph on June 15 with the certificate which proclaims the school as the Inclusion School of the Year as selected by the Saskatchewan Association for Community Living.