Yorkton This Week

Yorkton will again offer free parking in designated lots in the downtown area over the holiday season.

Yorkton Council unveiled its 2019 operating and capital budgets Monday giving Yorkton residents a first look at what will likely be approved in terms of spending in the city in the year ahead.

The Yorkton Farmers Market in the Parkland Mall is always a popular place to look for gifts created by local artisans, or to stock the cookie jar with homemade goodies. The market has been ongoing Saturdays though November and into December.

Laurene Jemieff leads the concert sing-a-long as Larry Pearen directs the Community Concert Band. The band and the Community Concert Choir teamed up for a seasonal concert at the Anne Portnuff Theatre in the city Sunday.

Morris Lodge in Bangor is now more accessible, thanks to a new automatic front door that was recently installed with a $3,000 donation from the Painted Hand Community Development Corporation (PHCDC).

Yorkton Council unanimously proclaimed January as Active Living Month in the city.

So Seattle will be the National Hockey League’s 32nd franchise. The team was officially announced to absolutely no hockey fan’s surprise last week, and will be joining the league for the 2021-22 season.

For the first time this season the Yorkton RawTec Maulers have put together back-to-back wins. The Maulers defeated Moose Jaw on Dec. 2, on Farrell Agencies Arena ice, then headed to Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw to again face the Generals Saturday.

The Yorkton Terriers played only one Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game this week a loss on home ice Friday.