Yorkton This Week

The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation advises people to be cautious on all frozen water bodies, especially those that have aeration systems.

Are you planning a new year’s resolution to eat healthier or lose weight? It’s amusing that the old saying goes “never trust a skinny Chef”, implying that the Chef’s food can’t be very good if the creator of the food him/herself doesn’t eat very much

The next meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be on Wednesday, February 15 at 7:00 p.m. in the SIGN building on North Street. Our topic will be ikebana.

As stated before the history of chess is one which saw the game develop along decidedly different lines based on country of origin. The result is the game we know here in the west, shogi in Japan, and a few others.

I’m going to make a lot of CFL fans mad this week, but after Sunday’s Super Bowl; I saw a number of tweets comparing the exciting game to the Grey Cup and one media member even posted a poll asking his followers to vote for which game was better.

A challenging growing season, followed by a gruelling harvest. For many prairie farmers, 2016 has been a case study in the risks of crop production and a reminder of just how much is beyond the farmer’s control.

On the eve of both provincial and federal budgets there is of course lots of requests being thrown around from groups of all stripes. There is never a shortage of ‘wants’ in terms of government spending.

Comedian Simon King is headed to a gig in Yorkton. King, who was born in Sheffield in England moving with his family to the Vancouver area when he was young, will perform at Pockets Billiards and Sports Bar, Thursday, Feb. 9, at 8:30.

The One School, One Book program gives an entire school a book to read. St.

The Snow Day arts retreat is a new event designed to give creative people the chance to have an inspiring time in nature. The first retreat was held February 4 at Deer Park Golf Course, with a day of creative work, food and a concert.