Yorkton This Week

When it comes to outdoor games for summer I do find my interest tends to focus on activities which are also sports, realizing some readers will argue whether something like bean bag toss is a sport.

Science is fun. That is what participants, aged six to 12, learned during a special session of the S-Cape summer program at Gallagher Centre last week.

When it comes to hard dollar returns, few investments equal a donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters, according to a new study from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Tourism in Yorkton was up significantly for July over the same month last year. A total of 774 people visited the Yorkton Visitor Centre compared to 697 in July 2012, an increase of 11 per cent.

Becky Wallis returned to Canada from the 2013 World Women Championship of football in Finland with a silver medal around her neck. "It was a fantastic experience," said Wallis who plays for the Regina Riot in WWCFL.

When a swarm of bees landed on a tree in their yard a few years ago, a David Suzuki Foundation staffer and her husband became accidental beekeepers.

Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Corey Chamblin doesn't have much to complain about after five weeks of football. His club not only has an undefeated record, but they have also won all of their games by at least two scores.

The executive in charge of the electronic infrastructure of Facebook confirmed to London's information-technology website The Register in June that when the company inaugurated its first "cloud" data-storage facility in Prineville, Ore.

While a lot of you might find statistics boring, occasionally you will run across a statistic that leaps up and bites you.

The Yorkton Legion Track Club wrapped up their 2013 season with a trip to Calgary on July 26-28 for the Western Canadian Youth and Midget Track and Field Championships.