Yorkton This Week

Apublic meeting will be held in the city next week to gauge interest from various user groups and the general public regarding the feasibility of a new multi-use indoor turf facility. The meeting to be held Jan.

The Yorkton RawTec Maulers have won their first game played in 2019. The Saskatchewan AAA Midget Hockey League victory came Sunday afternoon at the Farrell Agencies Arena against the visiting Battlefords Stars.

Things are tightening up in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Viterra Division. Yorkton remains atop the Viterra after splitting a pair of games on the weekend, having 43 points based on a 21-15-1 record.

St. Paul’s School launched its 10th annual ‘One School, One Book Family Reading Program Monday.

There has been interest in a new multi-use indoor turf facility in the city for some time, and Darcy Zaharia is hoping a public meeting next Thursday will help determine just how much.

Being of a certain age, as they say, I can just recall the radio serials, stories told on radio over a series of episodes.

An escaped convict, spotted in the Yorkton area last week, has turned himself in to authorities. Steven Briggs went missing from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, Sk. on New Year’s Eve, being found missing at around 10:00 p.m.

The driver of the semi-truck that collided with the Humboldt Broncos’ team bus has pled guilty to all the charges he was facing.

The last remaining piece of the Saskatchewan Rush roster puzzle has been put into place. Defenceman Nik Bilic has agreed to a new two-year contract, pending league approval, and he will be back with the reigning NLL champions for the 2019 season.

It was a banner night all around for the reigning NLL champion Saskatchewan Rush.