Yorkton This Week

The City of Yorkton has owned farmland for years. It is land acquired over time with an eye to future city expansion, as well as creating a buffer area where the City has control over development.

Mr. Stan Stephenson of Yorkton passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre. He was 86 years of age.

Out on the deck there rose such a clatter, I leapt from my chair to check out the matter. A wounding, surely; perhaps with blood. Our four grandbeans, ages 2 to 8, had just left our dinner table and migrated to the back deck to play until dessert.

We received this photo from a lady in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She wanted to know details and the value of this antique box. She tells us how she came into its ownership.

Mavin (Batke) Fairclough was born to Bernard and Otillia Batke, September 23, 1934 in Yorkton, SK. She passed away July 1, 2013, aged 78 years. She grew up in the Ebenezer and Yorkton, Saskatchewan farming community.

A couple of weeks ago, I took the Yorkton Cardinals to task for being a perennial cellar dweller in the WMBL.

If you are looking for a fun and unique sport this summer, the Yorkton Canoe and Kayak Club might be exactly what you're searching for.

Roughly a year after he hoisted the Stanley Cup over his head in Yorkton, Los Angeles Kings centre Jarret Stoll suffered a seizure in his Hermosa Beach home on Wednesday, July 3. The cause of the seizure is currently unknown.

Correctional services in Saskatchewan will be strengthened through the proclamation of The Correctional Services Act, 2012.

Tourism Yorkton Information Centre is pleased to announce that in the month of June, the Visitor Centre had 754 visitors. Throughout the month, we welcomed visitors from 9 different countries, as well as from many provinces and states.