Yorkton This Week

Councillor Randy Goulden wants the City to develop a strategy to create safe play zones around City parks, with a focus on parks with play structures, spray parks and outdoor rinks.

Hudson Bailey, a student athlete at Canora Composite School, has been invited to participate in a basketball program known as Centre for Performance Green Pod South.

Waste Reduction Week has been declared by Yorkton Council.

The Yorkton Terriers were in Weyburn Friday were they found themselves down 1-0 after 20-minutes of play after Jacob Piller scored for the Red Wings on the powerplay 9:05 into the contest.

The City of Yorkton will be consolidating and expanding the awards it may bestow upon local citizens after a decision by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

At its regular meeting Monday Yorkton Council was given a presentation on rail safety as a shared responsibility. “Canada grew up along the railroad,” began Fire Chief Trevor Morrissey.

Michael Kaeshammer’s next tour, which will see a Yorkton stop as part of the Yorkton Arts Council’s Stars for Saskatchewan series, is all about reconnecting with places he misses. Kaeshammer will be in Yorkton on Oct. 7 at the Anne Portnuff Theatre.

This year the Preeceville and District Heritage Museum received a special artifact, a Russian Samovar (used for making tea) from Sue Johnson, daughter of Karen Holm who was the daughter of Agnes Holm.

The hot start to the season for the Battlefords North Stars continued in La Ronge this weekend.

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? At the Whitney Forum Saturday night, the force of the Flin Flon Bomber offence destroyed the Nipawin Hawks 6-2.