Yorkton This Week

The RCMP Crime Reduction Team have charged a male from Melfort with drug/weapons offences following arrests near Wakaw on January 30, 2020.

The football future for Yorkton’s Josh Kidd is looking strong. Part of the provincial championship winning YRHS Raider Gridders squad, Kidd is moving on to Regina, and will join the Regina Thunder football club for the 2020 season.

February 2020 has officially been declared Therapeutic Recreation (TR)Awareness Month in Saskatchewan, thanks to the Minister of Health, Hon. Jim Reiter and Minister of Rural and Remote Health, Hon. Greg Ottenbreit.

For many people in Yorkton, the cold of winter comes with it’s own set of problems.

It seems that often today sports news, at least at the professional level, is about bad things, or at the very least disappointing ones.

For the next several weeks, we will feature photos of “Yorkton Citizens at Work” — entrepreneurs and employees in the work place.

It is that time of year when farmers sit at their desks and kitchen tables and hope they can divine the future in terms of what crops to plant in the spring, which will generate the best returns this fall.

On Feb. 2, all around the globe people are celebrating World Wetlands Day, a day where we recognize and celebrate the many benefits that wetlands provide. This year’s theme is “Wetland Biodiversity Matters: Life thrives in wetlands”.

Public meeting seeking new Board upcoming

Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) launched the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation (SSGF) today at its Semi-Annual Meeting held in Saskatoon.