Yorkton This Week

Disabled persons facing a potential claw-back of supplemental social assistance benefits will have a reprieve.

On Sunday, August 21, the Yorkton Health Foundation’s tenth annual Charity Road Race and Community Walk took place out of the Yorkton Regional High School parking lot. The total amount raised this year was $34, 735.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- Yorkton Crossing Retirement Community is hosting a Dementia Support Group Meeting 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Wed., Aug. 31. --- Church Garage Sale and ACW Bake Sale (bake sale - Fri. only) Fri.

“I always had to travel to get that quality of camp, and now I want to bring that quality to Yorkton.” — Derek Serdachny Derek Serdachny spent a lot of his childhood playing hockey in Yorkton.

Jonathon and Lukas Muir grew up playing football in Yorkton. They spent many high school nights playing in the orange and white Yorkton Regional High School Raiders uniforms.

A former Yorkton provincial election candidate has pleaded guilty to fraud. Chad Blenkin, who ran for the NDP in 2011, appeared in Yorkton court Aug.

Yorkton Council found out at its regular meeting Monday that the City’s 2016 budget is running significantly in the red. And the deficit is being clearly blamed on Saskatchewan Municipal Board decisions.

Flooding remains a definite concern in the city in spite of millions being invested. More work needs to be done René Richard, Director of Engineering and Asset Management with the City told the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

City Administration was suggesting an immediate raise for the City’s Out-of-Scope employees. But Yorkton Council weren’t ready to rubber stamp the raises until such time the City has a new deal with its Canadian Union of Public Employees members.

The 2015 Municipal Public Accounts of the City of Yorkton are now available.