Yorkton This Week

Mike Milbury is a man of many hats. Some know him as the Boston Bruin who jumped into the MSG stands to beat a fan with his own shoe. Other knows him as an NBC sportscaster.

Paul Albert Zawerucka was born on July 12, 1920 in Preeceville, Sk. He grew up on the family farm in Hazel Dell. After he completed Grade 9, he worked as a farm hand for the neighbours. In 1942, Paul was called to join the army.

Mr. Harvey Herzke of Yorkton passed away peacefully to be with his Lord on April 8, 2013 at the Yorkton Regional Heath Care Centre. He was born September 20, 1937 in Yorkton to Hugo and Violet Hertzke, the oldest of four children.

Carey Gleason, a technician at Terry Ortynsky's Royal Ford, has received Saskatchewan's highest safe worker award; the Work Safe Saskatchewan's Safe Worker Award for 2013. "It was really quite a shock.

After countless hours of hard work and determination, Canada is poised to enter the 2013 Dwarf World Games as an association this summer on August 3-10 in Michigan, USA for the first time in history.

Sean Burns has been a Canadian traveling minstrel for years, including a stop in the Yorkton back in 2010. Burns returns tomorrow (Thursday) with a stop at 5th Ave Cup & Saucer, again as part of an extensive tour.

A group of band students from Whitehorse were in the Yorkton area last week as part of an exchange program. The students were staying with families in the Broadview district, with students there planning on going north in a few weeks.

Freda Smith, resident of Orkney House of the Yorkton & District Nursing Home went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 4, 2013. She was 95 years of age.

Welcome to Week XLVIII of 'Fishing Parkland Shorelines'. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

The project manager responsible for the huge success of Regina's Global Transportation Hub (GTH) says there are opportunities for Yorkton to be a regional hub.