Yorkton This Week

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that the pilot program, allowing trucks to increase the weight on wide-base single tires has been extended for one more year.

The 2018 Parkland Expos capped off a dominant baseball season by winning the Regina AA Bantam League on Jul. 1. The Expos held an impressive record of 23-1 during the regular season.

Canada Day for hockey fans is always a big occasion as free agents in the National Hockey League start inking deals.

The 2018-19 student loan year is underway and students can now submit their applications for student financial assistance for academic programs beginning on or after August 1, 2018.

In the corner of the National Indigenous People’s Day celebrations was a woman with a cooler. She was handing out bottles of water to anyone who wanted one, free and with no obligations. She probably saved someone’s life.

Families gathered at the Western Development Museum on Sunday to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. Businesses from around Yorkton hosted booths and games at the event. Kids rode in a fire truck while adults enjoyed music and live entertainment.

The quality of cattle at the 2018 edition of the Yorkton Regional 4-H Show was very good according to show judge Ryan Hurlburt.

Across the province, the majority of crops are in good condition and at their normal stages of development for this time of year, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

The Government of Saskatchewan has committed $230,000 to DOT Technology Corporation, to support its project to develop and pilot its autonomous power platform, DOT, for use in the agriculture sector.

It is fair time in Yorkton, and that is an annual event that always brings back a flood of memories from my youth. In my youth, a time now more than three decades in the past, I spent large chunks of my summer at fairs.