Yorkton This Week

Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) President Gordon Barnhart announced today that Laurent Mougeot is stepping down after 12 years as SUMA’s Chief Executive Officer. Mougeot’s last day will be September 22, 2017.

Parkland College held its 12th annual Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic at Deer Park on Friday.

The past week saw a series of ups and downs for the Yorkton Cardinals in Western Major Baseball League action. The Cardinals played five games in the past week, and hold a 5-13 record at the time of print. They split those games 3-2.

It was another Sunday of stock car races in Yorkton this past week. The Yellowhead International Speedway was filled with hobby, thunder and street cars, and drivers who were ready to race.

It’s clear that Thom Barker’s life is going to the dogs. In fact, it’s going to a specific dog, one named Lady Macbeth, a big black Newfoundland who is afraid of everything.

The weather added a definite element of added challenge for disc golfers converging on Bredenbury Saturday.

On June 28, 1981, Terry Fox died. At 18, Fox was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, or bone cancer, and had to have his leg amputated above the knee.

Human trafficking may not be an issue people immediately think of as a local issue, but it does happen in communities across Canada.

On Saturday, Yorkton United Football Club held its annual community soccer event at the Logan Green soccer fields. The event saw approximately 600 kids take part in fun and friendly games. Mike Jakubiec is the technical director of Yorkton United FC.

The Yellowhead International Speedway is a hot spot in Yorkton for stock car racers from all over the province.