Yorkton This Week

Does Yorkton need a new indoor turf facility? An information meeting was held at the Gallagher Centre on Jan.

Kami DePape, the current Vice President of Academics, has just been named interim president and CEO for Parkland College. “I am honoured to be appointed interim CEO and am excited by this new challenge,” said DePape.

In Backlog Break, Devin Wilger goes through all the games he owns and never got around to playing. This week: Nova-111, from 2015. I can’t decide if Nova-111 is good. A hybrid of turn-based and real-time strategy, it feels interesting. Clever, even.

“Renowned adventurer Doctor J. Robert Lucky has invited several of his closest friends for a weekend safari on his mysterious private island.

The biggest problem with protests isn’t necessarily the protestors but how we react to them and their message. This has clearly been the frustration for pipeline protestors, including those at an event last week in front of the Legislature in Regina.

It’s January so it is time to get serious about hockey as a sports fan. It has long seemed to me about the time the Spengler Cup and World Junior Championships are decided, games in the National Hockey League begin to mean a bit more.

Sunday January 13, 2019 Yorkton Youth Cross Country Ski Club participated in the SK Cup #3 Freestyle race in Humboldt, SK. Alexander Ubongden (Atom) and Coach JoAnne Maloff (Masters 1&2) placed second.

The 2019 edition of the Yorkton Bantam A Tournament was held in the city Jan. 11-13.

A 4-H curling event was held at the Yorkton curling rink in the Gallagher Centre on Saturday with teams from around the region.

ZAG Enterprises made a $1,000 contribution toward The Health Foundation’s campaign raising funds to upgrade equipment in the lab of the Regional Hospital in Yorkton.