Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton Municipal RCMP will be adding Automated External Defibrillators (AED) to a number of their vehicles. RCMP members are often the first to arrive to life-threatening situations, noted Staff Sgt.

Stephanie Ortynsky, who grew up and attended high school in Yorkton has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship.

The Yorkton Film Festival has been part of the local culture, and that of the Canadian film sector since its first event 70-years ago.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be holding their Spring Plant and Bulb Sale on Fri., May 26 from 9:30 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. at the Parkland Mall, Yorkton.

Dear Editor: Needless to say after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers presented to Yorkton city council this past Monday, May 15th, 2017, there was a great deal of frustration.

Dear Editor: Theatre goers in Yorkton had the opportunity to watch a unique, and surprisingly realistic play titled “JAKE’S GIFT”, presented by the Yorkton Arts Council on Saturday, April 29.

Nancy Munro Ferguson was born January 12, 1925 in Yorkton; the youngest of Hugh and Jean (nee Thomson) MacKenzie's eight children.

Mr. Emil Sereda of Yorkton, beloved husband of Mabel, entered eternal rest on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre with his wife at his side. He was 91 years of age. Emil was born on May 11, 1925 in Jedburgh, SK.

The film Charlie Chaplin wanted to be remembered for making.