Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton Terriers remain atop the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Viterra Division, with a pair of wins this past week helping their cause.

The Yorkton Regional High School Raider Gridders will be defending their league championship Saturday.

Councillor Quinn Haider loves playing a wrestling villain. Haider, the principal at St. Paul’s School, has been telling his students he’ll do whatever it takes to win his big match this Friday.

The Health Foundation hosted its annual gala at St. Mary’s Cultural Center on Oct. 20. The event was “Titanic” themed, complete with costumes and period-appropriate meals.

When Statistics Canada released the crime severity index statistics for 2016, in July 2017, it showed there was more serious crime in Yorkton for the second straight year.

As quickly as it started, an illegal cannabis shop is closed for business. Yorkton RCMP received a tip about a cannabis shop operating without a license on First Avenue.

The Ravine Ecological Preserve has a new boardwalk. The first boardwalk was installed at the location on the City’s west side in 1985, explained Mayor Bob Maloney at an official unveiling of the new one Monday.

When I learned about a former parishioner’s death from a mutual friend, the Preacher and I didn’t question whether to attend her funeral. Of course we’d go. Dorothy’s family (name changed) regularly attended our last church.

In the world of board games everybody seems to love a stout dwarf. Yes there might be a few liking haughty elves, but really, dwarfs are just better. So when a game such as Dwar7s Fall comes along it is immediately one worth a look.