Yorkton This Week

With food bank usage on the rise across Canada, the issue of hunger continues to be an ongoing concern in our community. From September 2018 to August 2019, the Salvation Army Yorkton Food Bank gave out 2,062 hampers, assisting 1,222 individuals.

At first quarter

The Ministry of Agriculture is reminding producers to be on the lookout for anthrax in their animals after an anthrax case was confirmed in the RM of Golden West in southeastern Saskatchewan.

While it is obviously not strictly the case, I have always tended to think of rural living when it comes to large vegetable gardens.

Yorkton Fire Services was onsite at Superstore Thursday with the Salvation Army, collecting food for kids. A second food drive will be held at the Save On Foods on Saturday.

The Inner Cycle spin studio held an outdoor event Thursday afternoon, including an outdoor spin cycle range allowing people to try out the sport. Numerous vendors were onsite as well as a bouncy castle for the kids.

Saskatchewan has its newest pro sport championship team. The Saskatchewan Rattlers surprised at least this fan by capturing the inaugural Canadian Elite Basketball League championship.

CAA’s September’s focus is on safety in school zones as thousands of Saskatchewan students will be starting a new school year.

Overnight between August 28 and August 29, 2019 a 2009 Kawasaki Brute Force 750D9 ATV was stolen from the backyard of a residence in Churchbridge. The ATV is dark green in colour and has after market tires.

Producers in the province now have two per cent of the 2019 crop combined, up from less than one per cent last week, but behind the five-year (2014-2018) average of nine per cent.