Yorkton This Week

This photo was previously published four years ago in the History Corner, but now featured again - this time with the names of the three men, James Shingoose, Ben Cote (standing) and William Favel. The address given is Kamsack, Sask.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a dear, daughter, sister, aunt and God Mother, Cheryl Diane Rothenberger of Edmonton, AB. God freed her from pain and suffering and she passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013.

For a few months in my teens, a large bear rug decorated my bedroom floor. Open-mouthed and silently snarling. I liked that rug, except for one thing.

YRHS Raider Gridders linebacker Grey McKen has been turning heads for all of the right reasons in his senior year. "He's a man amongst boys out there," says Raiders Gridders head coach Roby Sharpe. "He hits hard and stops teams' running games.

The prospect of a new potash mine south of Yorkton had coffee shop and water cooler gatherings abuzz only a year or so ago.

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.

Bill John Yaroski was born on September 15, 1949, the son of John and Helen (nee Humeniuk) Yaroski in the Wroxton District of SK. He received his education at the Wroxton School. In 1969 he took over farming when his Dad passed away.

My blood hit a boiling point this week after reading a story on the Global News website about a landlord in Calgary who, essentially, had her house stolen from her by a tenant.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders' tailspin has officially spiraled out of control. The Riders dropped their fourth straight game on Sunday to the Montreal Alouettes in a 17-12 road affair.

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past." In 1984, George Orwell's seminal How-To book for political despots, information is the currency of control.