Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton Hyundai Terriers have announced tonight's game has been cancelled due to freezing rain and poor road conditions. The Terriers were to meet the Weyburn Red Wings in Saskachean Junior Hockey League action at the Farrell Agencies Arena.

It seems that colds, coughs and the flu have run rampant these last few weeks, hopefully you have not been afflicted! Home remedies often praise ginger as a good cure-all.

In Canada, the Prairies are a major wheat growing area - with the crop generating farm gate receipts of over $6.7 billion in 2018.

“Sometimes people dismiss the value of something until it’s gone…This is a facility that has immense value”. These are the words of Kevin Popp, committee member of the MacNutt Community Center.

On Jan. 23, a newly formed organisation at the University of Regina, Academics for Climate, will launch a public lecture series on climate change in Saskatchewan and beyond, to be held between January and April 2020.

The University of Regina announced today that three new members have been appointed to its Board of Governors and one serving member has been reappointed.

Last week is ending my ramble I mentioned the sport of kabaddi.

On Jan. 23, at 4:30 p.m., Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP responded to a train vs SUV collision that occurred east of Balcarres, north of highway 10 at a railway crossing controlled by a stop sign. The SUV had four adult male occupants and all were injured.

On Jan. 23, around 6:15 p.m. Saskatoon RCMP responded to a report of a two vehicle collision on Highway #41 south of Aberdeen. Aberdeen Fire and EMS were already on scene when officers arrived.

There is little doubt that waste plastics are a major environmental contaminant these days. That is not to suggest all plastics need to be abandoned and forgotten.