Yorkton This Week

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

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Wayne Laube and Douglas Goltz have been reappointed to the Springside Housing Authority Board of Directors. Other members of the board of directors are Shelly Grunert and Shauna Seymour. Laube is chairperson.

Traditionally at this time of year, I use this column to publish some variation on the top stories of the year theme.

Sacred Heart High School wrapped up 2016 with music.

Moving forward the agriculture sector will continue to face one major issue, and that is finding quality employees. Overall, the sector, especially at the primary production level, is becoming less important in terms of overall national economy.

View from the Cheap Seats is an extension of the newsroom, which is frequently a site of heated debate on topics ranging from the extremely serious to the utterly ridiculous.

The photo features Henri Rudolph Roosmale Nepveu — the man standing beside the horse, on his horse ranch near Yorkton in 1889.

In terms of municipal politics the election of October stands out as the big story of 2016 for Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney. The election locally saw four seeking the Mayor’s chair, and 24 wanting a seat on Council.

Last year was a challenging one, admits Greg Ottenbreit, MLA for Yorkton and Minister of Rural and Remote Health.