Yorkton This Week

Random Act of Kindness Month was being marked at Dr. Brass School in the city when Jayden Gilmer, 7, came up with the idea to buy donuts for the local RCMP detachment.

Yorkton United FC, the city’s soccer program, gathered on Mar. 9 for their sixth annual banquet, to celebrate their accomplishments and the continued growth of the sport in the city.

At the Canadian Crops Convention in Montreal, the Canola Council of Canada met with Canada’s Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau and with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to stress the importance and urgency of respondin

The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed March 10-16, as Agricultural Safety Week in Saskatchewan. “Self-care is a vital piece of farm safety,” Agriculture Minister David Marit said.

Recently I had an opportunity to sit down over an early morning coffee with Jordan and Jennifer Lindgren who farm in the Norquay area.

Part of the Rural Roots Ag Day in Yorkton was a tour of Harvest Meats.

On March 8, International Women’s Day, my cousin made a post to Facebook. It involved an article, with the headline stating that the majority of Canadians can’t name a female engineer or scientist.

Construction is ongoing on the final phase of a major expansion at Grain Millers north of Yorkton. “This is the culmination (of an expansion) that dates back over three years,” facility general manager Terry Tyson told Yorkton This Week.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders challenged kids across the province to read -- and read a lot. How many? How about 100 books? For Yorkton’s young readers, well, challenge accepted.

The quarter finals round between the Yorkton Terriers and Nipawin Hawks is certainly a classic offence versus defence match-up.