Yorkton This Week

His Honour the Honourable W. Thomas Molloy, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, hosted the 2018 Saskatchewan Literacy Awards of Merit on Thursday, May 3, 2018 in Regina, SK at Government House.

The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed May 14-18, 2018 as Sexual Assault Awareness Week (SAAW).

Yorkton Council unanimously approved a phase-in of municipal tax levy increases for certain commercial and industrial properties based on the 2017 revaluation year.

Chambers of Commerce are a grassroots organization which provides a united voice for positive changes in the business sector.

Wavelength Entertainment is bringing a different kind of movie to the Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) this year. The company’s 30-minute documentary “Bridging Borders” is competing for the Ruth Shaw Award (Best of Saskatchewan).

A Yorkton woman has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl. Dorothy O’Dell (56) appeared at the Yorkton Provincial Court on May 11 to received her sentence. O’Dell mailed eight patches of fentanyl to her daughter.

Yorkton Council approved tax abatements totalling $52,257 on the municipal side and overall of $75,289 when school taxes are included.

If you will indulge me in an old man moment, I remember when bumpers could bump things. A glorious recent past when you could nudge things in the winter months and not damage anything.

The week of May 21 to May 27, 2018 has been proclaimed Yorkton Film Festival Week in Yorkton by unanimous vote by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday, May 14.

Interview in 2004 with John Maluga, former conductor on C.P. Railway. Photo: Ron Holmberg Fonds The old mainline of the CPR is owned by Great Western Railway, but operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway.