Yorkton This Week

The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) is reminding producers December 31, 2016, is the final deadline to submit 2015 AgriStability forms and pay 2016 program fees.

This has been the first full year in parliament for Yorkton-Melville MP Cathay Wagantall, and she feels good about what the Conservative party has achieved in opposition in that time.

Areas of Western Canada experienced significant moisture during the 2016 growing season, making conditions favourable for the development of increased seed- and soil-borne diseases in flax.

In light of changes announced recently to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is very pleased the federal government is softening some of the harshest edges of the previous government’s changes

Christmas has come early for a local hero from Langenburg, Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) is pleased to announce that George Haas has won $139,100 at Painted Hand Casino.

Saskatchewan is last again. Last week, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released the results of its triennial Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

The Farming for Health committee presented the proceeds of the 2016 crop year to The Health Foundation. The proceeds go into the fund for a new Regional Hospital.

When it comes to robotics, there appears to be no stopping the Yorkton Regional High School.

SaskTel and employees from Yorkton and district participating in TelCare, the Crown Corporation’s Employee Donation Benevolent Fund, are donating $8,550 to two organizations in 2016.

By the time you read this, you will have already missed the Winter Solstice which occurred at 4:44 a.m. Central Time on the day this issue of YTW came out.