Yorkton This Week

With Saskatchewan’s Family Day holiday fast approaching, residents and visitors are encouraged to participate in the annual winter free fishing weekend from February 16-18.

Think back about a dozen years ago when we were in the middle of a pre-election fight over education property tax on farmland. Then premier Lorne Calvert vowed to remove it … although his NDP government never quite got around to doing it.

The Yorkton Senior Mixed Bonspiel was held from Monday, Jan. 20 to Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Yorkton curling rink. Yorkton curling teams were drawn from a hat to make up a total of eleven local rinks.

Results for the 2018 Canola Performance Trials (CPT), which compared 29 new and leading canola varieties, are now available through the online searchable database at canolaperformancetrials.ca.

The image of this green door was taken in 1997 in the basement of the Yorkton Hotel. I was, at the time, “exploring” rumours of underground tunnels that may have existed in Yorkton during the Prohibition years in Saskatchewan between 1915 to 1924.

An author reading at Yorkton Public Library Saturday was also an opportunity to learn a few words.

In Backlog Break, Devin Wilger goes through all the games he owns and never got around to playing. This week: Legend of Mana, from 2000. I remember at the time of Legend of Mana’s release, the reviews were scathing.

In terms of sports few times of the year are more intriguing than February when it comes to having keeping me watching the sports news feeds. Baseball is headed to spring training, with pitchers and catchers reporting soon.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- Triple P Discussion Group - Positive parenting help for parents/caregivers with children ages 0-10.

Why do we need a new hospital? In order to successfully argue for one, and we’ve been arguing for one in the city for a while, we need to actually answer that question.