Yorkton This Week

Born December 2, 1880 in Forest, Scotland, Alexander Ross came with his parents to Regina in 1886, which was then in the North West Territories.

Parkland Mall was the host of trick or treating on Halloween, and area kids donned their best costumes to go from store to store trick or treating.

The Parkland Racing association held its annual awards banquet/windup night on Saturday Nov. 3. The event honoured the big winners from the past season of races.

Yorkton Cross Country Ski Club’s youth program has begun for a second year. Nineteen kids are currently registered in Track Attack (10-14), Jack Rabbit (8-14), and Bunny (4-7) programs.

The Maulers suffered a sole loss over the last week, deepening their flimsy win-loss record to 1-15. The Maulers were scheduled to face the Beardys Blackhawks on Nov. 3, but the game was cancelled due to ice conditions.

Cody Coverchuk became a bull rider more or less on a dare. “My brother dared me to get on a cow when I was 12-years-old,” said the Meadow Lake, SK., cowboy when asked about his introduction to the sport.

While I am a rather avid sports fan (you don’t subject yourself to filling a space like this without a love of the subject), my interests do skew rather hard toward team sports.

The Caring Closet offered a wide selection of clothes for women at the SIGN building on Broadway Street on Nov. 3. The Caring Closet has an excess of clothing so they held an open market last Saturday. Shoppers paid by donation to peruse the wares.

At 8:30 AM on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 the Yorkton Rural RCMP received a complaint of a 31 year old missing male named Dustin Eli Medvid.