Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton RawTec Maulers have played 20 games in the Saskatchewan AAA Midget Hockey League and recorded only two wins. So perhaps not surprisingly last week the Board of Directors of the Maulers announced it was time for some changes.

Yorkton Council gave unanimous approval to second and third readings on amendments to the City’s Traffic Bylaw. The proposed amendments were introduced and given first reading at the regular meeting of Council Oct. 29.

This newspaper now has some new leadership. John Bauman has joined Yorkton This Week as publisher. Bauman has been in the newspaper business for 16 years, starting with Sun Media in Clinton, On. He moved from there to Kincardine, On.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- Troyanda’s Malanka - Sat., Jan. 12, 2019, 4:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m., Gallagher Centre Flexi-Hall, Yorkton. Concerts, Dance, Kids and Family, Suppers.

“Ya know, hon,” I blurted, jabbing my finger in the direction of the television.

Some games just impress from the time you glimpse the box on a shelf, through to the moment the game is set up on the table to play. That is the ‘Wow’ factor of Dice Throne from designer Gavan Brown of Roxley Games.

Here’s an interesting little factoid: what do typhoons have to do with cherry blossoms? More than you think! The world-famous cherry blossoms in Japan bring millions of tourists to see the breath-taking spectacle every spring.

We went past the Canadian Football League semi-final games on the weekend, and are on the eve of the conference finals. Yet, arguably that is not the biggest news to come out of the CFL in the past week.

Saturday afternoon at Harvest Showdown was the ranch rodeo, with teams applying the skills they use on the farm to a variety of competitions, including a barrel race (pictured above) and cattle sorting.

The YRHS Raiders Senior Boys volleyball team might be one of the youngest in the province, with only one grade 12 student on the squad, but that doesn’t stop them from winning games.