Opinion

The Yorkton skyline is about to dramatically change according to a local developer. Ronald Crump plans to build a downtown condominium he is touting as the city’s first skyscraper.

Dear Editor: In the most recent issue of the Yorkton This Week, the “my two bits” column dealt with the decision to hold City Council meetings every three weeks rather than follow the long-standing two week schedule.

Dear Editor: On February 15 YTW published an opinion piece from former City Councilor and businessman Dick Deryk.

People in Saskatchewan are collectively holding their breath these days awaiting the big shoe in Regina to fall, that of course being this year’s provincial budget.

I’m not sure what your evening habits consist of, fine reader of this amazing publication, but I’m an avid viewer of the nightly news.

Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall is condemning a new federal government policy that will officially name Saskatchewan the best province in the country. “It’s totally unacceptable,” Wall said.

In an effort to take advantage of the current trend toward all things analog, a new area bank is offering customers service that harkens to another time.

Perhaps for the first time in Yorkton’s history a public event is being planned that reportedly will not feature pierogis and cabbage rolls.

The City of Yorkton has announced the intersection at Darlington Street and Dracup Avenue is closed until further notice following a standoff in which four vehicles arrived simultaneously at the four-way stop.