Yorkton This Week

The days are definitely shorter, and if your garden clean-up is done, our garden season for this year is done! But you know gardeners! We’re always thinking ahead to next year, and it won’t be long till we start getting the 2019 seed catalogues.

Yorktonites chatted with RCMP representatives at a townhall meeting in St. Mary’s Cultural Centre on Oct. 18. Conversations focused on traffic, general concerns, and, of course, the recent legalization of cannabis.

There is an old adage about history often repeating itself, and that might just be the case when it comes to farm shelterbelts. As long as there have been farms, farmers have always had a sort of love-hate relationship with trees.

This ad in the Yorkton This Week newspaper of June 23, 1982 gives us a history of telephone service in Yorkton over a period of 79 years — 1903 to 1982. 1903 — First time that Yorkton subscribers are able to use a telephone.

During a conversation the other day, the Canadian Football League came up and a couple of fellow sports fans questioned the level of quarterbacking talent currently in the league.

When you are on stage next to some of the biggest names in the business, you can feel like a ghost. Denis Dufresne and Aaron Young, the duo that makes up Ghostboy, chose their name because of how they felt being adjacent to the spotlight.

It’s time to celebrate the best and brightest Yorkton volunteers for their hard work across town. The City of Yorkton is looking for nominations for the first Citizen Recognition Awards program.

Adults and students stuffed a pickup truck to the brim with snacks and meals on Oct. 17 as part of a food drive. 10 Yorkton schools participated in the drive, donating hundreds of bags full of food.

Local writers showed off their skills at the third annual Story Slam. Six competitors read tales about fishing, religion, and other topics.

Sacred Heart High School hosted a senior girls volleyball tournament on Oct. 12 and 13. Both SHHS and YRHS were among the eight teams in the tournament, but were unable to make the playoffs.