Yorkton This Week

Saskatchewan has a healthy bear population and it is not unusual to see bears in the wild at this time of year.

As we all expected, so far Canada has been the top dogs at the 2016 World Hockey Championships in Moscow and St.

Canadian Wrestling’s Elite (CWE) has chosen Yorkton as its number one destination in Saskatchewan, thanks in large part to the rabid and devoted professional wrestling fans located in and around the city.

A fire ripped through the Parkland Greenhouse in the wee hours of May 6 almost completely claiming the business and damaging an adjacent home. Part of the building was also living quarters.

The recent installation of a new CT scanner unit at the Regional Health Centre in Yorkton was officially marked Friday.

The growth of basketball in Yorkton is starting to show, as yet another member of a YRHS Raider basketball team has selected to a provincial team.

The Yorkton Pirates Tennis Club is currently looking for local area youths under the age of 14 (as of January 1) to compete in the sport of tennis at the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Estevan July 24-30.

A new cell at the Yorkton landfill will be dug in the coming months.

Friday the ‘official’ launch of a new CT scan unit at the Regional Health Centre in the city was held. There are two aspects to this which are good news stories. The first is on the health side of things.