Yorkton This Week

Sacred Heat High School has been honoured nationally for its 2015-2016 yearbook.

A stock dog competition was just one of many events that took place at the Yorkton Exhibition Harvest Showdown over the past weekend. A stock dog competition, also called a sheepdog trial, involves an owner, a dog and a small herd of sheep.

Saskatchewan historian Bill Waiser has said researching his latest work was challenging because of all the unconventional sources he had to consult.

The 2016 Farmer Recognition Award was presented Thursday to Gary and Ginette Ostafie and family.

A Yorkton judge has sentenced a teen who caused Yorkton Regional High School into a lockdown situation last June to a six-month deferred sentence followed by 18 months probation.

Sometimes writing an editorial seems to be a repetitive exercise since issues and events tend to repeat themselves year-after-year. But in some cases providing a gentle reminder is simply too important not to return to a common theme.

Dear Editor: Re: “Wagantall bill dead with 209-76 HOC vote” (Yorkton This Week, November 3, 2016). Politics may be the tool with which we determine how to deal with the truth, but the existence of that truth is not determined by politics.

This past week saw another announcement of increased federal infrastructure spending and another week of Mayor Bob Maloney not holding his breath that Yorkton will ever see any of it.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) have jointly endorsed a set of guidelines related to entry onto First Nations reserves.