Yorkton This Week

Local horticultural society holds fun evening

It appears agriculture could once again be headed to a time when government policy determines the market for commodities with little consideration of supply and demand given.

Listening to Frank Korvemaker talk about preserving historic sites, I was struck by something interesting. Of hundreds of flour mills built over the centuries, most are gone because they started on fire.

Scott Moe has lost the carbon tax fight, although this may be a temporary setback as the Saskatchewan Premier suggests.

The next meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be on Wednesday, May 15 at 7 p.m. at SIGN on North Street.

Despite cool weather this past week, many producers have begun seeding operations and many more expect to be in the field this coming week, once conditions improve.

An artificial portable kidney that patients who have suffered renal failure could wear is to be created by a research team at the University of Saskatchewan(USask) with federal funding.

Effective this month Saskatchewan residents now have access to another treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS), Ocrevus.

In preparation for traffic disruptions associated with work on Broadway Street this summer, Yorkton Council has approved some additional free parking. “Phase II of the Broadway Street repaving project is scheduled to commence this summer.

Golf season is beginning, and Yorkton’s Kade Johnson is starting to get attention. The golfer finished first in the Arkansas Collegiate golf tournament, and his team also took home the prize.