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Web Wanderings - Show reflected vacation planning effort

Web Wanderings - Show reflected vacation planning effort

Yorkton This Week’s editorial staff takes readers on an explorative journey around the Internet, searching out the best in videos, podcasts, webcomics, music and anything else that catches their collective eyes which might interest our readers.
Thinking I do with words - An emotional trip to the post office

Thinking I do with words - An emotional trip to the post office

The funny thing about losing someone is that you might not realize it right away. It’s something that might only hit you days later, possibly weeks. In my case, I went to the post office.
Erin Costelo constantly challenges herself

Erin Costelo constantly challenges herself

One year ago, Erin Costelo got a band together and spent 10 days in a wooden house in Nova Scotia, determined to record a new album. That album, Sweet Marie, was released Oct.
A walk to rejuvenate

A walk to rejuvenate

It was a spring, summer and fall, spent on the trail for Tyler Cottenie. Cottenie, who grew up in Yorkton, started a hike across the United States on May 2, and finished the Pacific Crest Trail on Sept. 24.

FCC watching five top economic trends

In keeping with Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) commitment to providing timely and relevant economic insights to Canada’s agriculture industry, FCC chief agricultural economist J.P. Gervais shares five key economic trends in agriculture to watch in 2019.
Agriculture This Week - Move to robot farming nears

Agriculture This Week - Move to robot farming nears

It is a rare occurrence when farming becomes a topic of conversation when I am board gaming with my usual group of friends, yet that is just what happened when we gathered Jan. 2.
Local connection to Polar Bear Swim win

Local connection to Polar Bear Swim win

Harlan Theaker, originally from Yorkton, didn’t do much preparation before taking the plunge at the 2019 Polar Bear Swim in Delta, B.C.
History Corner - Yorkton Band 1920s... "Music In Their Blood"

History Corner - Yorkton Band 1920s... "Music In Their Blood"

The Yorkton Town Band of the late teens and early 1920s, was under the direction of longtime leader William T. Moore. He is seated on the roof of the cab alongside the drum. The truck was a new model used in Mr.
Local support

Local support

On Dec. 10, the Yorkton SaskTel Pioneers presented a $300 donation to the Yorkton’s Royal Legion.
Politics - Carbon tax a political fight in 2019

Politics - Carbon tax a political fight in 2019

It didn’t take long for the great carbon tax fight to start in 2019, although it can argue that it never really ended. It has just carried on from 2018 and years previous.
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