Yorkton This Week

Yorkton Council began the process to expand allowable uses in the Institutional Zone by amending the City’s Zoning Bylaw.

The Yorkton Cardinals went 2-2 on the week and slipped to third in the Western Major Baseball League’s Eastern Division. Swift Current tops the Division with Regina two games back, and the Cardinals three games off-the-pace.

It was a mixed week for the Yorkton Yankees, the defending SESBL champions losing a high scoring contest in Canora against the Supers, before coming back against the Willowbrook Royals.

We will head back to the polls this fall, this time to determine who will be Yorkton’s Mayor and Council for the ensuing four years. The actual vote is not until Oct. 26, but it is not too early to start thinking about the election.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- At the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery: Landscape & Memory, June 5-24, 2016.

James EARL Elliott Moffat. August 16, 1924 - February 12, 2016. Earl Moffat was born in the family farmhouse near Saltcoats, SK. on August 16, 1924, the 8th child and seventh son of Andrew and Mary Anne (MacDonald) Moffat.

It is with great sadness that the family of Bernie Gramyk announces his sudden passing on Saturday, June 4, 2016. Bernie was born April 6, 1949 to Michael and Doreen Gramyk (nee Zaparanuk). Bernie grew up in Yorkton and also in White Rock, BC.

Shirley Islas Brown (nee Coleman). November 30, 1922 - May 31, 2016. It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Shirley Islas Brown on Tuesday, May 31, 2016.