Yorkton This Week

As we gain some weeks since the Saskatchewan budget was released, one which left many, if not most people, shaking their heads at one funding slash, or another, the actual fall-out can start to be assessed, at least to some moderate degree.

A 15-year-old Yorkton boy who pleaded guilty to and was sentenced to nine months probation for unauthorized possession of a firearm and careless use of a firearm in January was back in court April 13.

A 34-year-old Yorkton man who had been scheduled for trial this Monday past for allegedly burning down his own business will now be waiting until 2018 for his day in court.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- Plan to attend the next meeting of the Yorkton Prostate Cancer Group on April 20 in the hospital board room of the Yorkton Hospital at 7 p.m. The guest speaker will be Glenda Nischuk.

William Keith Grazier was born on July 12, 1925 to The Reverend William Grazier and his wife, Nellie at Strasbourg, SK. Keith spent his childhood years in Cupar and Moosomin along with his sisters, Joyce and Wilma.

Mr. Leslie Popp, 82 of Yorkton, formerly of the MacNutt district, beloved husband of Eileen Popp, passed away on April 8, 2017 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre surrounded by his family.

Jeanette Lorraine Currie, 77, passed away peacefully on April 11, 2017 at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, N.S. She was born on Sept. 27, 1939 in Yorkton, SK to Metro and Annie Hull. She attended school in nearby Willowbrook and Yorkton.

Peter Chuchak, 76, of Regina, SK, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Regina Wascana Grace Hospice after a short battle with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Peter was born in Cudworth, SK on May 1, 1940.

The federal government recently created two marine protected areas in the Pacific region and has committed to increase ocean protection from one per cent to 10 by 2020.