Yorkton This Week

Peter Schigol of Yorkton was impressed by this peaceful post-harvest sunrise near Duck Mountain November 19.

On November 14, Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced online consultations to help determine priority areas for the Next Policy Framework (NPF).

The picture shows Yorkton Mayor C.G. Langrill cutting the ribbon at the opening of the new Bowman Brothers Limited building on Fourth Avenue North in early 1954.

Big, at least in terms of business, is generally seen as better. That certainly extends to farming where neighbours have bought out and absorbed neighbours for decades dating back essentially to the end of World War One, at least here in Canada.

A Filipino-Canadian continuing care aid from Canora has been named the Partners in Immigration and Integration (PII) Immigrant of the year.

SGI’s October traffic safety focus was on impaired driving. The month-long blitz saw 330 drunk drivers stopped and charged with related offenses. There were 335 charges in total.

A 30-year-old Regina man scheduled for sentencing last week on methamphetamine trafficking charges in Yorkton is now a fugitive from justice.

A local science experiment has ended in disappointment for some local high school students.

The Canadian Red Cross wants to decrease the amount of social isolation faced by area seniors. That’s the goal behind the Friendly Visiting Program, run by the Canadian Red Cross, which hopes to see more people involved in the Yorkton area.

York Lake Golf and Country Club has decided to make this winter’s $5,000 crowdfunding campaign unique and strategic.