Yorkton This Week

The air may have been a bit crisp with the cooler temperatures hailing the oncoming winter, but a little chill couldn’t beat the warm spirit at the Co-Op Food Store.

The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (FCAA) is offering credit card advice to students. When used successfully, a credit card can build a good credit score which can help when it comes to buying a large life purchase, such as a car or house.

Why are you here? It’s a question that is at the heart of genealogy, the history of movement, migration and family development that, eventually, leads to you.

Thank you to everyone who visited the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society’s Fall Plant and Bulb Sale last week, we hope you found some great treasures for your garden! We’re always happy to see our gardening friends and appreciate your support

Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory

Long-term care facilities in the area are getting help, thanks to Rubicon Pharmacies. The donation to the Health Foundation of $10,000 will be used to support long term care facilities throughout the region.

Food is a focus of the Yorkton Farmer’s Market, and they’re helping others put food on their own tables. The vendors at the Farmer’s Market got together to make a contribution to the Salvation Army Food Bank.

The Preeceville and District Heritage Museum officially closed for the season with a pie and coffee event on September 13. "Even though we are now closed to visitors, there is work going on," said Agnes Murrin, museum representative.

A video described as an “exceptional documentary which has been two years in the making” is now ready for public viewing.

The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) has transitioned its Safe Low Power Kritical Experiment (SLOWPOKE) research reactor into a non-operational safe state by successfully defueling the reactor and transporting the fuel to the United States without