Yorkton This Week

Seeding for fundraiser under way

The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley) announced recently that it is now taking applications for two scholarships for the 2019 year.

Kicking off Bicycle Safety Week, the Yorkton Bicycle Rodeo celebrated its 7th annual event helping to teach basic bike safety to over 250 grade three students.

The Rotary Club of Yorkton is again holding a rubber duck derby as a fundraiser.

The Board of the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) is pleased to announce that on May 1, 2019, Jenneth Johanson of Lac de Bonnet, Manitoba, took over the role as President of POGA.

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.