Yorkton This Week

“With an earthquake of this magnitude unless you are very close to the epicentre, you might not even be woken up by it.

A 34-year-old Cote First Nation man has been charged with murder related to the death of a 20-year-old woman, also from that community.

About the last thing either the province or the Saskatchewan Party need right now is more division. While one might think tough economic times bring people together, they sometimes really don’t.

Visiting Gerald and Darlene Burman were her sister Mildred Miller and her son Barry and wife Laura from Mission, BC. Charlie and Penny LaRocque of Brandon, MB also visited them this past weekend.

It’s been a successful few weeks for Yorkton’s minor football teams. The Atom Gridders beat the Griffiths North 26-6 on Aug 20, and tied the Regina Thunderbirds 13-all on Aug 28.

A familiar building on Broadway Street in the city faces a very uncertain future.

Candidates are beginning to announce their intention to run for mayor and council in the 2016 civic election. The most recent to announce is Calvin Tokarchuk.

The City detachment of the RCMP has a new top man. Staff Sgt. Jeff Simpson took over as detachment commander Aug. 22, replacing Staff Sgt. Greg Nichol who retired.

Dear Editor: I am writing in response to the letter in your August 31 edition from Joan Kjargaard regarding Yorkton’s swimming pool.