Yorkton This Week

Saskatchewan's wholesale trade figures are 10 times the national increase for May, year-over-year. New figures out today from Statistics Canada indicate Saskatchewan had an 8.

"Isn't it nice we're having weather?" one of our friends regularly quips, in an unexpected twist of phrase. We've had a bit of twisty weather in my part of Saskatchewan lately.

Like smokers who put off quitting until their health starts to suffer, we're learning what happens when bad habits catch up with us.

The Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship (SYA) Industry Scholarship program fast tracks the futures of eighty high school graduates with a $1,000 scholarship.

Ruth Matheson was born on April 6, 1921 in Yorkton, SK, the daughter of Teresa (nee Nagy) and Joseph Parrott. Raised in Yorkton, Ruth attended Burke School and graduated from the Yorkton Collegiate Institute.

Dallas and Danya Forsberg of Regina and Sandra Forsberg from Saskatoon were recent visitors with Mary Forsberg. They attended the memorial for Rose Kopetski while here.

The Yorkton United Core Real Estate Fury U14 boys took part in the Division 2 Sask. Soccer Provincials in Moose Jaw on June 28 to July 2. The Fury opened their round robin play on Friday against Lakewood Storm from Saskatoon.

Two people are dead and another is injured following a head-on collision yesterday four kilometres east of Theodore on Hwy 16. Just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, an eastbound car crossed the centre line of the highway and collided with a westbound semi.

The Yorkton United Under 16-18 girls soccer team claimed their fourth straight provincial title at the 2013 Saskatchewan Outdoor Soccer Provincials Championships in Moose Jaw on June 28-30.

A Yorkton couple has pleaded guilty to marijuana trafficking charges. Jillian Fedun, 22, and Zachary Villeneuve, 24, were arrested March 14 as part of a major police drug operation that resulted in 21 arrests and 88 charges laid.