Yorkton This Week

Now that the railways are running again, perhaps now is a good time to turn our attention to problems spilling out from the week-long CN strike. Many of those problems are directly related to the vital nature of CN and CP rail services.

Not only did the famous Canadian Pacific Holiday Train show up to rock out with a standing-room only sized crowd, the Salvation Army, who has been performing Christmas miracles to those that need it for over 150 years, got a huge boost for their amaz

Nobody should ever have to go without food, especially kids. For some families, however, the harrowing decision of whether to spend the last few dollars on rent and not have enough to eat is very real. It can happen to anyone.

The Yorkton Regional High School’s Entrepreneurship 30 class is in business. The class was split into two groups for the Junior Achievement program, each putting together a business. Those businesses were Sprouts! in a Jar and ReCreate.

The City of Yorkton is giving additional support to the Canadian Student Leadership Conference in 2020.

The rates for water and garbage pickup in the City of Yorkton are increasing. The water rate will be increasing by 3.50 per cent, while the base rate will also increase by $3.50.

The City of Yorkton presented its budget to council, and now it’s before the public. The budget will be brought before council again on the next council meeting, Dec. 16. The headline of the budget is the tax rate, which will be an increase of 2.

The City of Yorkton’s Public Works Department is in the middle of a crisis. Their building is no longer habitable, and the 75 people on staff have to be relocated for safety reasons. The problem with the current facility comes down to contamination.

World class photographers are rare, and a lot of the time people assume that such mystical beings probably only exist in exotic locales, many miles away -- at least in terms of where they live.

The Yorkton Community Choir, under the direction of Bob Drayer, and the Yorkton Community Band, under the direction of Larry Pearen, joined together in the spirit of Christmas cheer for a concert full of Christmas classics at their annual Christmas c