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Yorkton This Week

Gardener's Notebook - New plants for the summer garden

Are you ready for some new plant additions to your garden? Then don’t miss the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society Spring Plant & Bulb Sale on Friday, May 27, 9:30 a.m. till 5 p.m. at the Parkland Mall.
A Beach of a Time

A Beach of a Time

The weather was a perfect 23°C Saturday afternoon for those that headed out to camp, relax and swim.

Seeding near double recent average

Despite a cool and wet start to the week, seeding is advancing at a remarkable rate, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

Agriculture This Week - Time to get past GM fears

It shouldn’t come as a great surprise that people base their positions on purely emotional responses, ones usually devoid of scientific evidence, solid reasoning, or at times even rational thought.
History Corner - Spring flood in the 1920’s

History Corner - Spring flood in the 1920’s

The Sutherland house at the corner of Laurier Avenue & Broadway Street at the time of the spring flood in the 1920s. Needless to say all basements in that area were flooded. McDonald’s Restaurant is at that location today.
Fishing Parkland Shorelines - Never, ever forget your parka

Fishing Parkland Shorelines - Never, ever forget your parka

Welcome to Week CCIX of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

Women in leadership in agriculture

Almost a year of research is coming to fruition for the Supporting the Advancement of Women in Agriculture (SAWA) project and the results indicate that more needs to be done to increase gender diversity in leadership roles in the industry.
Call for nominations

Call for nominations

Saskatchewan residents aged 18 and above are invited to nominate a community organization that has demonstrated outstanding leadership in community literacy service for the 2016 Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
Positive result for vulnerable road users

Positive result for vulnerable road users

The SGI traffic safety spotlight for April was a bit of a dud, and the provincial insurer is just fine with that. Only 14 people were ticketed as police around the province targeted vulnerable road users safety.
MS Walk participants step up to end MS

MS Walk participants step up to end MS

The MS Society of Canada, Saskatchewan Division officially kicked off the Saskatchewan Blue Cross MS Walk in Yorkton.
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