Yorkton This Week

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) is calling on the federal and provincial governments to take quick action that will see the rail blockades removed so western Canadian grain shipments can move to port.

There often seems to be a fly in the ointment when it comes to world trade in agriculture, and that fly often seems to originate in the United States.

On a flight from Toronto, a man caused a panic when he announced on a plane that he might have the novel Coronavirus, declaring that he had travelled from Wuhan and didn’t feel well.

A fire at Ram Industries was reported to Yorkton Fire Protectives Services just after midnight Thursday. The fire department remains on the scene and is in the process of extinguishing remaining parts of the fire.

It was cold outside, but that did not stop an author presentation at the Yorkton Public Library this evening (Wednesday). Kendra Weenie a Cree woman from Sweetgrass First Nation.

Say Western Canadian Wheat Growers

It was a day to learn a bit more about what high school will be like. Grade 8 students from the Christ the Teacher School Division in Yorkton visited Sacred Heart High School Wednesday.

If you have been paying attention to Yorkton Council the last several years you are aware that Yorkton, like almost every city across this country, is in a growing infrastructure deficit.

A chance to represent Canada on the world stage, and a significant step toward the 2022 Winter Olympics, will be on the line when the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts gets underway Saturday at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Sask.