Yorkton This Week

As many countries move away from big hydro projects, B.C.’s government must decide whether to continue work on the Site C dam.

How I love our youngest grandbean – active as a kitten tripped out on catnip, and equally adorable.

There are games that are, like Sheriff of Nottingham, just fun little diversions. There is no depth to Sheriff, and not a lot of mind-twisting decisions, yet the overall game is fun enough.

Things have reached the point where I am almost certain the federal government is doing stupid things on purpose to distract from some of their more major screw ups.

Thirty two more sleeps till Christmas Eve! The scents of Christmas are all around! We have a rough and ragged plant on the cupboard by our kitchen sink.

The Parkland College, Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division and Good Spirit School Division were partners in Career Explorations 2017, which saw 2,000 students from across the two school divisions assemble in the Gallagher Centre FlexiHall to s

As I write this column, a layer of snow is settling over Yorkton. My car is half-covered in the white powder. The wind is strong and stiff. The cold air feels like a slap in the face. It’s the middle of November.

On June 25, 1876 Lakota Sioux Chief Sitting Bull and his warriors defeated General George Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana.

St. Mary's Cultural Center was home for two nights of foot-tapping music. On Nov. 17, Yorkton's All That Jazz Big Band blasted out hit songs from the 60s and 70s. The group played a medley of pop, rock, and soul. On Nov.

If you are a farmer you no doubt have been following the issues popping up around neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids (sometimes shortened to neonics) are a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine, notes Wikepedia.