Yorkton This Week

According to Statistics Canada numbers released today, Saskatchewan workers enjoyed the highest month-over-month percentage growth in average weekly earnings among the provinces in December 2016, up 2.

Milder winter weather will impact truck haul weights on some Saskatchewan highways, beginning this week. The increased winter weights will be removed in southwest Saskatchewan beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, February 24.

In the world of the arts, there are few things simultaneously as revered and reviled as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its annual awards, the Oscars.

It has been noted by a number of sources that the last couple of decades have been a ‘Renai-ssance’ of sorts in terms of board games.

Yorkton RCMP are asking for the public’s help tracking down a flag that went missing from the headquarters of the Commemorative and Awareness Days Fatigue Society CADFS.

There are new regulations in place in terms of farmers draining water from sloughs and wetlands, and producers need to be aware of the changes.

A Paint Nite afternoon was held recently at Yorkton Joe Beeverz Bar and Grill . “Paint Nite events are a social night out where people can enjoy a beverage and feed their creative side,” said local spokesperson Donna Hislop.

There are always two sides to a given coin, and that is certainly the case when it comes to what to do with sloughs and wetlands in a farm field. Producers of course want to cultivate every acre as a way to generate maximum dollars.

A new program provides area farmers with a different option to garner annual value from marginal wetland areas.

There are homeless people in Yorkton. They can be found couch surfing or spending the night in the area around an ATM at a bank.