Yorkton This Week

Donald Wayne Thorvaldson. November 21, 1952- October 1, 2013. Donald (Donnie) Thorvaldson of Bredenbury, SK passed away Tuesday, October 1, 2013 due to complications from diabetes. Donnie was 60 years of age.

It may be hard to believe but the Thanksgiving long weekend is fast approaching. CAA Saskatchewan reminds all motorists to plan ahead for their long weekend travels to visit family and friends.

According to the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) there were nearly 600 documented cases of aboriginal women who were murdered or went missing between 2005 and 2010.

Doreen Austman. It seemed very much like a line from one of the poems or stories she loved to write the first heavy frost of the fall came early on Friday, October 4, and brushed many of Doreen's favourite flowers.

A full contingent of racers showed up in Yorkton on Sept. 28 for the final round of the Saskatchewan Championship Motocross series. Clear skis and a top-notch track greeted the more than 270 entries that came from the three Prairie Provinces.

Antidepressant sales in Saskatchewan dropped over the weekend as the Roughriders broke their four-game losing streak on Friday in a 31-17 victory over the B.C. Lions.

A fire in a historic building Monday morning was not exactly how the Yorkton Fire Department would have liked to kick off Fire Prevention Week, but it did prove that when disaster does strike, Yorkton firefighters are up to the task.

The Yorkton Harvest sent the Blazers running back to Saskatoon following grabbing three points against them in their back-to-back weekend affair.

The head of the Yorkton General Investigations Section (GIS) retired last week leading to a shuffling of RCMP command in the city. Sgt.

Fall Outreach Supper @ St. Mark Orthodox Church, 160 Betts Ave., Yorkton, Sun., Oct. 27. Service of Thanksgiving 5 p.m. Supper & entertainment to follow. Admission: freewill offering.