Yorkton This Week

On the weekend I was invited to a threshing demonstration on the Weber farm just north of Springside, SK. Naturally, as it was my weekend to work, I agreed and headed out to the event on a warm fall Saturday.

Name changes: North West Mounted Police 1873, Royal North West Mounted Police in 1904 and Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1920. To begin with, the Force — the North West Mounted Police was founded by Prime Minister J.

Despite rain delays in some areas, producers in the province now have seven per cent of the crop in the bin and seven per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut.

The Yorkton Film Festival has received its annual funding through Saskatchewan Arts Board. The local Festival was awarded a $52,775 SaskFestivals Multi-Year grant to support programming and operations for 2017-2018.

Although the weather is still hot, the hockey rinks in Yorkton getting busy again. It’s almost hockey season! Last weekend, the Yorkton Maulers midget AAA hockey club held their annual fall camp.

The extremely popular beach wheelchair program in Saskatchewan’s provincial parks that was launched earlier this year has been expanded.

Losing Brad Wall will be a tough pill for the Saskatchewan Party to swallow. And it will be an equally tough pill for rural Saskatchewan as well … although maybe not quite as tough as some may suspect.

With harvest beginning in various parts of Saskatchewan, people travelling our province’s highways are reminded to plan ahead, be patient and watch for large farm equipment.

The Government of Saskatchewan has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting health community-based organizations (CBOs) funded by Regional Health Authorities (RHAs).

A little bit of the ol' ultraviolence.