Yorkton This Week

John Anderson, General Manager of the Days Inn and Suites and Stephen Whelan, a principal of the hotel, announced their sponsorship with Ross Fisher of The Health Foundation. Mr. Anderson presented a cheque for $1,000 to Mr. Fisher.

Average weekly earnings in Saskatchewan increased 4.8 per cent in May 2013 compared to May 2012. The increase was almost twice the national average of 2.5 per cent and the second highest among the provinces.

Air search and rescue crews from across western Canada will be in Yorkton August 9 to 11 for an annual training exercise.

Bring your gardening gloves together and give a big round of applause for all the winners of the Yorkton In Bloom 2013 competition! Congratulations to all of you and to everyone who entered the competition.

The Chase Kraynick Pay It Forward Splash Park was officially opened in Canora recently "It has been a whirl wind of activity to get where we are today. And let me tell you there has been a lot of it.

Last Wednesday what may be a first for Yorkton, and certainly a first in many years, an organized cricket game was held with the public invited to take it in as fans. The crowd, in what is sadly true Yorkton fashion, was sparse.

The playoffs were out of reach for Yorkton, but the Cardinals put in a good final week in the Western Major Baseball League, completing their longest winning streak of the season; four-games, with a 6-5 win at Jubilee Park Monday.

July 13th coffee row was a great deal of fun when over 20 persons attended and were treated to some delicious baking and "free" coffee by Leona Kaczur on the occasion of her birthday.

StatsCan's release of 2012 Canadian crime statistics last week put me in mind of some of my favourite quotes about statistics. "I can prove anything by statistics except the truth," said former British prime minister George Canning.

More than 13 per cent of Canada's gross domestic product depends on healthy ecosystems, according to Environment Canada briefing notes obtained by Postmedia News.