Yorkton This Week

Immigrants from Finland arrived in Saskatchewan in a time before the area was officially a province. They built a home out of logs, and raised a family.

Like hundreds of university students Laura Weinbender is heading back to classes. However, in Weinbender’s case it will require a transatlantic flight.

Yellowhead International Speedway hosted another day of stock car races on Sunday, August 28th. Although the day was threatened with periods of rain in the early afternoon, the races were able to proceed shortly after 2:00 p.m.

To say it has been a successful golf season for Yorkton’s Kade Johnson would be an understatement. That success has led him away from Canada, into a university in the United States.

Live professional wrestling will be coming to Yorkton on Friday, Sept. 2. High Impact Wrestling presents The Kings of Destruction starting at 8:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart High School.

The City of Yorkton is standing up to “help make muscles move” and is Proclaiming the month of September 2016 as Muscular Dystrophy Month. Proclamations such as this are the key to helping spread awareness and one day bring upon a cure.

Parkland College will receive up to $200,000 in government funding to further develop the College’s Emergency Services Training Site at Melville.

Saskatchewan residents and interested organizations are invited to provide feedback to the recently-announced advisory panel examining the restructuring of Saskatchewan’s health care system.

Area fiddler JJ Guy has a new disc fans will want to seek out.

Though the rain dampened the grounds, it did not dampen the fun at the Third annual Kids’ Carnival Sunday afternoon hosted by the Yorkton Animal Rescue Team.