Yorkton This Week

The Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) organization held their annual Bowl for Kids Sake fundraiser on April 19 to 21 at the Yorkton Bowl Arena.

Saskatchewan is poised to become the first province in Canada to require mandatory reporting of public buildings that are known to contain asbestos. The Public Health (Howard's Law) Amendment Act passed third reading today.

Thanks to strong demand for quality Saskatchewan-made products, the province's export sales have hit record levels. Recently revised data from Statistics Canada indicate that provincial exporters sold more than $32.

Dear Editor: Recently, the federal government decided to drop its long-held management responsibility for the PFRA pastures. And here "long-held" is the key word.

TD today announced its support of Parkland College students with a donation of $25,000 to the college's scholarship initiative. The contribution from TD will be provided in $5,000 installments over five years.

Doping on Ice Leaders of the ice-fishing community, aiming for official Olympics recognition as a sport, have begun the process by asking the World Anti-Doping Agency to randomly test its "athletes" for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a Feb

The Yorkton Harvest looked to a familiar face to replace Jeff Odgers as their new head coach. The SMAAAHL club announced at the Yorkton Minor Hockey banquet that last year's assistant coach, Dan Cross, will be their new bench boss next season.

Sport-based board games have always tweaked my interest. I am after all a rather dedicated sports fan, with an interest in the Canadian Football League, baseball, hockey and even box lacrosse.

Opposition to windmills often centres on health effects, but what is it about wind power that causes people to feel ill? According to recent research, it may not be the infrasound from wind-energy installations but, oddly enough, the warnings from op

If you need a symbol for the budget challenge facing Stephen Harper, look no further than the old Nortel campus in Ottawa's western suburbs.