Yorkton This Week

How far will you go to make someone smile? One Yorkton couple travels around the world with suitcases full of wigs, jerseys and hair dye to do just that.

When Royce Pettyjohn was given the job of community and economic development for Maple Creek in 2011, things were looking pretty bleak in his hometown of around 2500 people in southwestern Saskatchewan.

In 1958, we were not quite as sentimental about geography as we are today. On this date in that year, Canada blew up a mountain in what was, up to that time, the world’s largest peacetime non-nuclear explosion.

Blackstone’s formulation states: “It is better that 10 guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.” This is a foundational principle of modern justice systems, but it has ancient roots.

The Yorkton Regional High School’s robotics program notched another win into their belts at the Sask Polytechnic myRobotRumble. The team of James Thiessen and Brett Guenther took home first place in the tournament.

Yorkton Council was given some of its options with regard to dealing with a budget shortfall from cuts to funding in the recent provincial budget.

Yorkton Council received its first post provincial budget look at its regular meeting Monday.

Yorkton Council has designated April 22, as Earth Day in the city. “April 22 has been designated as Earth Day worldwide.

The City of Yorkton is set to borrow $6.2million to pay for work on Dracup Avenue.

Once again the City of Yorkton is offering special considerations at its landfill as part of Spring Yard Waste Clean-Up Week May 8 to 13.