Yorkton This Week

The City of Yorkton and Parkland College have signed a new lease on almost 100 acres of agriculture land near the city. The donated land is used by the College for applied research and revenue generation.

The Sacred Heart Saints boys’ soccer team are regional 2A champions for the fourth year in a row. The Saints hosted the regional championships last weekend in Yorkton.

Sears Canada is effectively dead. Now, as the once successful retailer plans on closing every store in the country, there are bound to be post-mortems discussing why Sears couldn’t make it in the modern era.

Kids and parents can expect some new help when they cross the street on Gladstone Avenue South after school. Yorkdale Central School has launched a safety patrol program, which started on Oct. 19 as part of Education Week.

The notion that our nation is a bilingual mosaic has never gone down any better in rural Western Canada than it has in Quebec. In Canada, we are what we are.

The new Yorkton Hyundai Room was officially opened Monday at Jowsey House in the city. The room was made possible through efforts of the Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer program, thanks to funding from Yorkton Hyundai.

The Yorkdale Central School hosted a 17-team tournament last weekend. Teams from all over gathered in Yorkton to play in a boys division and a girls division.

In 1920, Yorkton was dry. As part of the Canadian liquor plebiscite, Saskatchewan voted in favor of a ban on the importation of wine and liquor, with Yorkton and Mackenzie both putting their votes in the dry column.

The Sacred Heart High School Lady Saints volleyball team traveled to Melfort last weekend to take part in an eight team tournament. Sacred Heart first played Quill Lake winning 25-10 and 25-20.