Yorkton This Week

The 1966-67 Yorkton Collegiate Institute Yearbook, Impressions ’67 was incorrectly published under the title, Yorkton Regional High School, which had not yet opened.

Small steps made a big difference on Friday. Family and friends impacted by cancer walked in a circuit at the Gallagher Centre on Jun. 15 as part of the Relay for Life.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce is looking for the best and brightest of the city’s businesses. With the annual Celebrate Success awards, the Chamber honors the best in business, but they need the city’s help.

A carbon tax is like the Chili’s gift card of environmental policy: the absolute bare minimum in order to appear as though you’ve done something.

The minimum wage in Saskatchewan will increase to $11.06 an hour from $10.96 an hour on October 1, 2018. The increase is the 10th since 2007. An indexation formula has been used to calculate increases in the minimum wage since 2011.

The 2834 - 64th Field Battery Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps of Yorkton hosted its 50th Annual Ceremonial Review at the Yorkton Armouries on June 16. Cadets received awards for marksmanship, improvement, and proficiency in training.

Filmmaker Eric Brunt was inspired by his grandfather. The late World War II veteran had many stories of his time in the war, but while Brunt was close with him, he didn’t have the chance to record them.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- The Kairos Blanket Exercise - A Workshop in Reconciliation - Wed., July 4, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Yorkton Public Library.

Premier Scott Moe ran through the Saskatchewan Party’s greatest hits of arguments against a federal carbon tax during his speech in Yorkton last week. “Saskatchewan should not be subjet to this tax,” he said. “It simply doesn’t work.