Yorkton This Week

Three organizations in the city have joined forces to host Culture Days, and Monday Tonia Vermette, Administrator of the Yorkton Arts Council, one of the three, appeared before Yorkton Council.

The former deputy premier of Saskatchewan has received an elevated fine and lost his driver’s licence for a year after pleading guilty last week in Regina Provincial Court to driving with a blood-alcohol content (BAC) over .08.

The developers of the old casino property on Third Avenue turned to Yorkton’s existing business community last week in an attempt to start filling the 19,755 square feet of available space.

The Yorkton Active Transportation Collaborative (YATC) wants to encourage more youth to walk, or bike to school.

Yorkton’s fire chief made a pitch to business leaders last week to help him beef up the depth of his department’s response capacity for major emergency events.

I hate to be absolutist, dogmatic or too harsh with respect to denying people second chances when they have behaved unacceptably. After all, “there but for the grace of God”… “people who live in glass houses”… “let he who is without sin”… etc.

MASSETT - Rose-Marie Massett passed away peacefully at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre on Thursday, September 1, 2016, with her sister by her side.

KASPICK - Shelley Ann Kaspick (nee Poncsak) was born Dec. 24, 1967, along with twin brother, Shawn Michael to Wayne and Adeline Poncsak (nee Banga). She attended MacDonald School in Stockholm, SK.

STOKMAN - Mrs. Agnes Stokman of Yorkton peacefully passed into the arms of her Lord and Saviour at the age of 97 years. Agnes was born on September 25, 1918, in Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands. She was the 7th child of 13 children.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- New Horizons Senior Citizens of Yorkton General Meeting - Members appreciation and social to follow Sun., Sept. 25, 2016. Time: 1:30 p.m. Please attend, this is your meeting.