Yorkton This Week

Saskatchewan is investing approximately $360,000 for the Justice Mental Health Community Support Program - the first of its kind in Canada.

Bicycles are an increasingly popular, affordable and practical transportation option.

For the fifth year in a row Walmart hosted a fundraising barbecue Friday, with proceeds going to the Lung Association of Saskatchewan.

Conklin Shows was the largest traveling amusement corporation in North America.

Wages in Saskatchewan are growing faster than anywhere else in the country. According to the Statistics Canada Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours that was released today, average weekly earnings in the province increased by 4.

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

A 39-year old Keeseekoose woman has been remanded in custody until July 4 on a second-degree murder charge. Tania Quewezance was arrested June 22 after Kamsack RCMP responded to a 911 call about a disturbance at a residence on the First Nation.

Canada Day came and went Monday, and for most of us it was little more than a nice long weekend to really kick-off summer. A day to celebrate your country really should be more than that. Look south of the border to July 4.

Yorkton Legion Track Club athletes attended the 2013 Saskatchewan Track & Field Championships and Western Canadian tryouts that were held in Regina at the Canada Games Complex on June 15-16. They had 22 athletes from the Yorkton area attend.

Taylor Gardner lived one of her dreams last week, competing in one of the prestige events in the Paint horse world. The show in Fort Worth is the annual AJPHA (American Junior Paint Horse Association) Youth World Show.