Yorkton This Week

Agriculture Week has been unanimously declared by Yorkton Council for Oct. 29 - Nov. 3. Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce made the request at the regular meeting of City Council Monday.

The Yorkton bantam 'AA' UCT Terriers knocked the wind out of the Regina Pat Blues in their third game of the season on Oct. 2. The Terriers' high-powered offense led to them coming away with a decisive 7-1 victory on the road.

The final stockcar races of the year were held at the Yellowhead International Speedway on Sept. 21. Here is a look at the results - Thunderstock winners: Heat 1 - Rodney Rosenthal; Heat 2 - Don Lumax; Heat - Marty Sharp; Feature - Marty Sharp.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) recently announced the protection of 136 acres (55 hectares) of forest habitat along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River.

Brad Curtis and The SOME x 6 Band The Devil's In My Pocket Bandcamp 6.5-out-of-10 For the most part, there are very few genres of music that I don't like.

Fire Prevention Week is under way with this year's theme of "Have Two Ways Out." Yorkton Fire Protective Services participates in the national event annually with various fire awareness activities.

I suppose it would be naive to think that the Government of Canada is not engaged in spying on other governments and even industrial espionage. I suppose it is equally naive to think it is not spying on us, its own citizens.

Sunrise Health Region was given a glimpse of a list of 12 health spending priorities for the Saskatchewan government, and new hospitals for this area were not included. "Yorkton is not on the list of 12.

Interviewing teenagers can sometimes be, let's say, challenging, but every now and again it is a real pleasure. Such was the case last week when I had an opportunity to talk to 17-year-old Jane Last.