Yorkton This Week

Inadequacies in the Canadian rail sector have plagued western grain producers in the last few years.

Inclement weather over the summer and throughout the fall has extended the harvest season and impacted quality on crops, particularly lentils, peas and wheat. Losses in quality and quantity are insurable under the Crop Insurance Program.

“All year we’ve been competing every weekend and we ride every day.” — Chrissy Kielstra The Yorkton New Holland Rodeo took place on Nov. 4-5. The rodeo was part of the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown.

The Yorkton Wrestling Club is now offering its first ever adult wrestling class. Sunday night kicked off the first class at the Yorkton Martial Arts Training Center. Austin Hovrisao, who has been wrestling for well over a decade, teaches the class.

A 26-year-old Yorkton man who embezzled $71,000 from a local community sports organization then paid it back has received an 18-month suspended sentence.

Why governing parties and journalists don’t much get along has to do with their very different approaches. A governing party’s prime directive is to remain in power so it can do what it feels is best for the public.

I don’t like Apple products and I’ve never really been quiet about this. This column is typed on a Mac, and always has been, apart from the one time in 2014 when I typed the entire thing in the woods.

The Sacred Heart Lady Saints took part in the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association 4A girls’ volleyball conferences last Saturday at Sacred Heart. In the first match of the day the Saints took on Moosomin.

The scales of justice are not an arbitrary symbol, but a reminder of the ideal that justice should always be balanced.

The pleasant temperatures of the last week or so have made stepping out in the evening a bit of a pleasure compared to our wet, windy October.