Local News

Residents of the City-owned Mobile Home Park are not happy with a proposed fee hike, and Council Chambers were full at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday, mostly park residents supporting a presentation made by Janice Prokopets.

The Yorkton Sno-Riders Club appeared before the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday to share some positive news about local trails.

For the sixth straight year water rates in Yorkton will climb in 2016. “During the 2016 budget deliberations, it was identified that the waterworks budget required an increase for operational funding.

Violence Awareness Week has been unanimously proclaimed by Yorkton Council. The request to mark the week locally came from Erin Stacheruk and Nicole Prince who made a presentation to the regular meeting of Council Monday.

The City of Yorkton will once again engage the Yorkton SPCA to provide pound keeper services, but with some significant changes to the agreement.

The 4-H program helps young people discover where they shine by letting them explore what they love, discover what they don’t and try new things, said Billy Joe Townsend, an organizer of the newly-formed Assiniboine Beef and Multi 4-H Club.

Though the Canora Chamber of Commerce has been in existence for only a couple of years, it was time for the organization to dissolve, said Steve Merriam, the president, following a meeting on November 23.

There are 13 newly certified babysitters in Canora thanks to a the annual course offered by the Canora Wheatland Lioness Club.

The growth of disc golf in the Parkland region took another step recently with the formation of a new association to promote the sport.

On November 25, while going over the receipts for the first day that Trifon’s Pizza and Family Restaurant was open in the Canora Centre Mall, Rose Gray (owner), said that the patronage volume was a pleasant surprise.