Yorkton This Week

CN Rail crews came upon a disturbing site on Mar. 18. At the side of a bridge outside of Runnymede, they discovered 11 dead dogs, discarded at the side of the tracks. Rail supervisor Alex Husak was one of the people who discovered the dogs.

The Yorkton Business Summit is a new event hosted by the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce, designed to help the businesses in the region network and face challenges they might encounter in the region.

Local residents will again have an opportunity to dispose of certain accumulated winter garbage free of charge.

Some will want to hope it was merely an April Fool’s joke, but the federal carbon tax which came into effect in Saskatchewan April 1, is most certainly real.

Second straight shut-out loss to Battlefords

The Government of Saskatchewan is ensuring Provincial Sales Tax (PST) is not charged on top of the federal government’s carbon tax on SaskPower and SaskEnergy utility bills.

Those that remember growing up with classic WWF, WWE and WCW wrestling on TV -- Wrestlemania I, II, II and IV come to mind -- could relive some classic style wrestling from the ‘glory days’ thanks to the CWE.

A split would have been a more reasonable fate

The Artisan Fair was held this Saturday at North 40 Fabrics from 12-3, where local artists could show off and market some of their wares. “One of our mottos is, ‘It’s so much more than a fabric store’.

Rising local stars, international standouts and high-performance competitors are among the recipients of Sask Sport Inc.’s 2018 Athlete of the Year Awards.