Yorkton This Week

Somewhere out on the lonely prairie, amidst the rustling of tall grasses and the wind rustling through the trees surrounding a small country cemetery, chances are you may find a genealogist looking for historical information! Cemeteries offer a wealt

As a child my parents taught me that becoming a follower of Jesus Christ meant choosing that. One evening, full of heart-hunger, I echoed after my mother a prayer something like this: “God, lots of times I think and do things I know don’t please you.

Governments change — along with laws, regulations and priorities. It’s the nature of democracies. In Canada, we’ve seen environmental laws implemented, then weakened or overturned, then strengthened and re-instated.

The Saskatchewan Government recently announced a fairly bleak financial picture and a couple of major reasons as to why that’s the case are: the continued low price of a barrel of oil as well as the increase of people using social programs.

In an ongoing effort to strengthen market opportunities for Canadian wheat, the wheat commissions in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be collaborating with grain companies on a renewed representative governance model and strategic direction fo

This week’s review is not exactly a mancala game, but an enhancement which may be utilized in almost any of the game variations to add a fresh twist. Created by Canadian Ken Maher, 10 Mighty Men is a basically a mancala game additive.

It’s showtime, gardeners! On Friday, August 11, you can take in the Saskatchewan Horticultural Association’s 73rd Annual Provincial Show, 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the OCC hall in Kamsack, hosted by the Kamsack Horticultural Society.

The Yorkton Canoe and Kayak club wants to see you on a dragon boat. Every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

As you get older, everything gets harder. You have to pay taxes. You need insurance for everything from your car to your left toe. You must eat more fiber, but not too much fiber, because that will make you explode or implode or something like that.

For 200 years, ships sailed to England from Hudson Bay with huge cargoes of furs. Sale of these furs was very lucrative for the shareholders of the Hudson’s Bay Company.