Yorkton This Week

Parkland College Year in Review 2016 Parkland College continued to grow and reached new milestones in 2016.

The U12 Girls of the Yorkton United Football Club captured the gold medal at the Regina FC soccer tournament over the weekend of Dec. 16 – 18. This is the second consecutive tournament that the U12 girls have medalled.

If you thought 2016 wasn’t exactly the best year for rural Saskatchewan, hold on to your hats, folks. It’s quite possible 2017 could be worse.

The Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA), in partnership with the Western Hockey League (WHL), will host the inaugural Bantam SaskFirst Preparation Tournament.

With 2016 now complete, the Sunrise Health Region produced a ‘highlights of the year’ package of which selected items are printed here.

The Moon is just past new phase as the month begins, and already the events are lined up in the first few days.

Active Living Month has been declared for January by Yorkton Council. The request was made at the regular meeting of Council in December.

Closing arguments in an aggravated assault case that allegedly left one man paralyzed have been adjourned until January 19.

A 26-year-old Canora man who allegedly evaded police in a high-speed pursuit in October 2016 and faces numerous charges including auto theft, dangerous driving and firearms offences, has been remanded in custody again.

This week we continue our look back at the top local news stories of 2016. 5. Special visit In case you haven’t noticed, which would be shocking, there are a lot of people of Ukrainian descent in Yorkton and the area.