Yorkton This Week

A number of members of The Yorkton Elks stopped into The Health Foundation office to present a cheque for $5,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation.

When you think about it, some of the challenges facing Saskatchewan rural municipalities are similar to the challenges facing agriculture as a whole.

It was a key match-up on neutral ice as the Terriers hosted Estevan in Canora Saturday.

As winter descended upon Saskatchewan area cattle producers began moving their cattle from summer pasture as was the case with this group of Herefords on the move at Sorefoot Creek Farm near Willowbrook.

The Tri-National Accord is an annual meeting of officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States. The 27th annual meeting of the Tri-National Agricultural Accord took place in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico from October 16 to 18, 2018.

Recently I visited with Bruce Frederickson of Theodore to talk about a project of his to recreate the grand home of Richard Seeman, one of the earliest settlers in the district. Seeman was a major influence in the region.

What’s an ecomuseum? Glenn Sutter, curator of human ecology at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum has been explaining the idea of an ecomuseum to groups around the province, in the hopes of building the idea in Saskatchewan.

“We are very happy to contribute to our local healthcare and contribute to the communities around us,” said George Hofer, Manager of the Hutterian Brethren Colony of Crystal Lake.

The CNIB in partnership with WorkSafe Saskatchewan was at Yorkton Regional High School Friday to promote workplace safety and eye-injury prevention.

Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce has announced the results of the recent election for 8 positions on the Chamber’s Board of Directors. Returning to the Board are Mike Popowich and Donna Brothwell.