Yorkton This Week

Yorkton’s Festival of Cultures is still growing seven years after it began. With more booths, performances and cultures represented, it’s becoming an institution in the city of Yorkton.

There isn’t much equivalency in the divide between urban and rural Saskatchewan. Clearly, the Saskatchewan Party has a far tighter grip on rural Saskatchewan right now the NDP has on the cities.

Two home games meant two wins for the Yorkton Kinsmen Terriers Midget ‘AA’ team over the weekend. The action kicked off on Saturday evening at the Farrell Agencies Arena, when the Kinsmen Terriers hosted the Regina Capitals.

The Yorkton bantam AA CrossFit Function Terriers dropped two of their games last weekend. The CFF Terriers played on Yorkton ice all weekend.

In this office, there are several Canon cameras. Because all of these cameras are from the same company, and were roughly equivalent in their position in the Canon model range, you would expect some cross-compatibility. There is some, of course.

Make no mistake that there are a lot of businesses giving rather generously to Saskatchewan Party leadership hopefuls these days. It may not be all that untoward, but it’s something we should be watching.

Yorkton Minor Hockey players had a unique type of training last week. The training took players, parents and coaches away from the ice and had them focus on the world of social media.

The 20th annual Yorkton Santa Claus Parade marked a major milestone, having celebrated 20 years of delighting people of all ages in the city. For one participant, that milestone marks the end of an era.

For the first time, the CP Holiday Train is making a stop in Yorkton to spread early Christmas cheer. The Holiday Train, which raises funds for food banks across America and Canada, started its cross-country trip on Nov. 25.

On November 26, 1966, joy came to Saskatchewan, as the Roughriders won their first Grey Cup in the team’s history. The Roughies, as they were referred to at the time, triumphed over Ottawa’s own, inferior Rough Riders 29-14.