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Sports This Week - Jays season unfolded as best it could

Sports This Week - Jays season unfolded as best it could

As hinted at last week in this space, it is time to wrap up the Toronto Blue Jays season. Overall, the season unfolded, at least in terms of wins and losses, as was expected. The team flirted with 100 loses, ending up with 95, against 67 wins.

SMA’s President and Vice-President’s Tour stops in Yorkton Monday

Dr. Barb Konstantynowicz, a family physician from Regina and vice-president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA), will meet with physicians from the SunriseRegional Medical Association on Oct.
History Corner - The Adam Outfit is threshing at Tonkin, Sask., October 2, 1914

History Corner - The Adam Outfit is threshing at Tonkin, Sask., October 2, 1914

The outfit had a Waterloo Steam Tractor. The manufacturer was Iowa based, founded in 1893 by John Froelich, whose first engine was successfully used in the 1892 threshing season in South Dakota.
Agriculture This Week - Farming very much big business

Agriculture This Week - Farming very much big business

If anyone is still under the illusion that farming is anything other than big business these days a single farm for sale in Manitoba should exhibit one of the current reality.
Stanley Mission RMCP: Request to locate escaped prisoner in Stanley Mission

Stanley Mission RMCP: Request to locate escaped prisoner in Stanley Mission

Stanley Mission RCMP are requesting assistance from the public in locating Ethan Merasty. On Sept. 28, 2019, Ethan Merasty (DOB: 2000-08-18) was arrested for breaching a court order and was transported to the Stanley Mission Detachment.
Easier to recycle in City Centre Park

Easier to recycle in City Centre Park

New bottle/can recycling baskets are now part of the City Centre Park garbage cans. The bottle baskets are an initiative of the City’s Environmental Services Department and the Environmental Committee, SARCAN and YBID.
Exercise is medicine with Parkinson's Disease

Exercise is medicine with Parkinson's Disease

We all know that exercise is good for us, but for someone with Parkinson’s Disease, it is vital.
Thinking I Do With Words - American scandals distract from election

Thinking I Do With Words - American scandals distract from election

The problem with Canada is that we’re very close to America. This isn’t always a problem, but it is in this election. Suddenly we’ve got a big American scandal right in the middle of our election.

Oct. is Disability Employmemt Awareness Month

The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed October as Disability Employment Awareness Month to highlight the benefits of an inclusive work force that employs people with disabilities.
October is Ag Month in the City

October is Ag Month in the City

Yorkton Council supported a request to proclaim October as Agriculture Month in the city.
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