Yorkton This Week

When it comes to achieving reasonable profit levels on the farm many factors play a role. A number of those factors are largely beyond the control of the producer.

If there were an active oil pump jack or two on every farm in the province, we likely wouldn’t be worried about latest jobs numbers.

A former Yorkton resident was recently presented with the 2017 Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards (SIFA) for acting.

The Paper Bag Players’ annual Christmas Dinner Theatre featured A Bad Year for Tomatoes, the story of an actress who retreats to a small town to write her memoirs, but is distracted by her well-meaning, but eccentric, neighbors.

Today, when the citizens of Saskatchewan vote, the people of the province typically know with some certainty who is going to take the office that evening. In 1905, when the province was voting for its first premier, that was not the case.

The Yorkton Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign has reached $43,494 so far. The goal for 2017 was to raise $135,000 for the Christmas campaign, says Lieutenant Samuel Tim of the Yorkton Salvation Army.

The Yorkton Co-operative Association Limited Board of Directors has announced a one-time special cash payment to its members.

A Century of Film is an ongoing series where Devin Wilger watches one movie from each year between 1917 and today. For the year of 1940, it’s Night Train to Munich.

Sacred Heart High School’s annual awards banquet for the school’s fall sports recognized the students who went above and beyond in their athletic achievement. Congratulations to all of the winners for their hard work and success over the season.

This week I am going off on a rather extreme tangent, at least for me. The MLS Cup was held Saturday, and thanks to DVR technology I sort of watched the game.