Yorkton This Week

Awhile ago, the Preacher mentioned a landmark he'd noticed on the highway between home and town. Had I noticed it, he wanted to know. "No. Where?" "Near the bridge." I drive that highway often. "There's no bridge on the highway to our place.

Howard Jackson, who when retired in the 1960s compiled 5 albums of pictorial history of Yorkton, has this to say about the photo: "The horse and cart was probably not quite as luxurious but certainly was more dependable than the automobile on Saskatc

It is with deepest sympathy to announce the loss of Bernard (Bernie) Roger Humeniuk. Bernie passed away peacefully with his family at his side, on March 26, 2013. He was the son of Stanley and Lena (nee Gensoirowski) Humeniuk.

It happens to the best of us. On April 1, broadwayworld.com, a leading entertainment industry website, published a 947-word story about Clint Eastwood directing a movie about the life of the late Stompin Tom Connors.

Mike Spezowka, resident of the Yorkton and District Nursing Home passed away on Friday, April 5, 2013. He was 87 years of age. Mike Spezowka was born in the family home in Lasalle, ON on March 19, 1926.

RCMP Cpl. Pierre-Hughes Lortie takes down a suspect on Third Avenue Sunday afternoon. Tara Martin, 24, fled from the officer after being pulled over for failing to obey a stop sign.

Brady Norrish hoisting the Canalta Cup. SJHL president Bill Chow awarding team captain Devon McMullen the Canalta Cup. Brenden Poncelet hoisting the Canalta Cup. Josh Neibrandt (left) celebrating with team captain Devon McMullen and Dylan Baer.

I am sure there will be outrage in some circles that Melvin Koroluk was sentenced to two years in prison for abducting a child from the Yorkton Exhibition two years ago. There is no doubt, it was an egregious crime.

Access to information is a basic foundation of democracy. Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms also gives us "freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.

Un-spring-like weather did not keep the throngs away from the Yorkton Exhibition's Spring Expo on the weekend. Dozens of exhibitors crammed into every nook and cranny of the Gallagher Centre showing off all the best in Home and Garden ware for 2013.