Yorkton This Week

Kids, scapels in hand, prepare for surgery. They sit side-by-side at a table. They receive their patients: Licorice sticks. The sticks are clogged with Nerds, the small, pebble-shaped candy.

In 1870, when the Dominion of Canada came into possession of the lands that had been chartered to the Hudson Bay Company, it inherited control of the vast territory which comprised all of what is Western Canada today, except for British Columbia and

NAGY - The eldest son of Gabriel and Elizabeth (nee Helmeczi) Nagy, John was born on November 3, 1922, on the family farm near Dubuc, SK. He met the love of his life, Rose Babyak at the Kaposvar Church.

GYOERICK - Mrs. Emma Gyoerick (nee Dwernichuk), wife of Dennis Gyoerick of Langenburg, SK, formerly of MacNutt, SK passed away peacefully on August 25, 2017 at the age of 70 years.

BLAHEY - Raymond William Blahey. December 6, 1959 - August 27, 2017. Raymond passed away Sunday, August 27, 2017 at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon.

The bail hearing in the Desiree Musqua case has been delayed until Musqua finds a new lawyer. The hearing was scheduled for August 23 at the Yorkton Pronvincial Court.

Yorkton and the rest of the country were still in the grip of World War Two during the week of August 31, 1944. While tragedy from the war affected people near and far, normal life still went on in our rural town.

As you read this, I will be returning from a road trip to Montana. It’s not the first long road trip I’ve taken, nor is it the longest, but it will be a long journey by car, going to enjoy an American National Park.

Mature drivers will have a chance to brush up on their road knowledge with a refresher course this September. The Saskatchewan Safety Council (SSC) is offering a free course for drivers 55 years or older.

The Battlefords MLA Herb Cox — who headed the Saskatchewan Party Caucus Committee on Crime — and Justice Minister Gord Wyant announced last week the creation of the Protection and Response Team aimed at reducing rural crime.