Yorkton This Week

Summer is construction season in Saskatchewan. That includes work on the province’s highways and bridges, as is the case with a bridge project currently underway on Highway #5 between Buchanan and Rama.

It’s almost a case of rabbits by the dozen at Steven Halifax’s acreage at Rama, SK. The pen has about 50 rabbits of both the New Zealand and Californian breeds.

Highway 9, one half mile north of York Road, isbe down to one lane alternating traffic via the new detour road, as bridge construction is under way. The bridge is expected to be completed by Oct. 31.

New Horizons Friday Night Dance - New Horizons Senior Centre, 78 First Ave. North, Yorkton. Great night of dancing. All ages are welcome. Admission: $10.00 Time: 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Music by: Aug. 23, Old Country Lads; Aug. 30, Len Gadica.

The star attraction at this year’s Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum induction dinner was celebrated major league pitcher Ferguson “Fergie” Jenkins.

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The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) is reminding Saskatchewan wheat producers to only use products registered for pre-harvest application of weed management to dry down weeds such as volunteer canola in wheat crops, and to alwa

There was LEGO by the box full at the Yorkton Public Library Friday.

Brian Starkell, Nipawin’s fire chief, has been named an ambassador of the Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association. The new appointment, made at the organization’s annual meeting in Nova Scotia on Aug.