Yorkton This Week

Saskatchewan police officers wrote more than 1,000 tickets last weekend in a crackdown on aggressive driving.

Yorkton Minor Hockey gave out their annual awards at their banquet on April 18. Here are the results - IP Tim Hortons Double/Double - Most Dedicated: Jase Smith. Most Sportsmanlike: Decklen Syrota. Most Improved: Estyn Szysky.

One of my former editors frequently said, "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and again." I have to reluctantly admit that while the federal Conservatives have been blindly executing their dumb on crime agenda, they actually found a nut.

Sgt. James Morton, head of Yorkton RCMP General Investigations Section, and Cst. Jeff Ball, one of the arresting officers, pose with 23 pounds of marijuana seized in a traffic stop May 1 near Theodore.

The Western Hockey League bantam draft on May 2 was a great day for the 196 Western Canadian 15-year-olds who were selected. Their dreams of one day playing in The Show took a tiny step closer to becoming a reality.

On April 22, the Sacred Heart Saints dominated the city's senior badminton playoffs at the Yorkton Regional High School, taking seven of the 10-playoff spots. In girls' singles: Morgan Shymanski placed second.

The Sacred Heart High School Drama Club will get a crack at its fourth provincial title next week. Two weeks ago, the school won the Region IV High School Drama Festival with its production of In the Garden of the Selfish Giant.

Have you ever wondered why there are so many commonalities between words in seemingly distinct languages? Being a writer, I am always interested in the etymology of words and the evolution of language.

Senior Pastor Des Klingspon of the Prairie Harvest Christian Life Centre, can't help getting choked up when he talks about his church's work in Cambodia with widows and orphans.

For the second time in less than a year the Yorkton Public Library has a new head librarian. Helen McCutcheon has taken over the position, and while only in the city a couple of weeks said she is liking both the facility and the city.