Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton Film Festival announced its nominee shortlist for its 66th year at a press conference last week.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) gave today's federal budget a B-minus, applauding the government's plans to overhaul job training and keep a lid on spending, while criticizing the extension of pork-barreling regional development programs and

Record snowfalls have been reported in many areas throughout Manitoba and Saskatchewan and for at least one business all this snow simply means great conditions.

The stained glass windows in the Holy Trinity Anglican Church represent memorials to some of the British settlers who had a significant role in the development of the City of Yorkton and York Colony lands.

Spring is trying to spring. The calendar says it should, and we, the people, agree. But even as we wish winter away, we dread what follows. Alps have risen in our front yards. Some walkways sport newly sculpted tunnels.

The Saskatchewan Party dropped the province's 2013-14 budget last week in the Legislature in Regina. "Saskatchewan's economy is strong and our budget is balanced," said Finance Minister Ken Krawetz in a prepared release.

Police have arrested five more people and laid 31 new charges in an RCMP crackdown on cocaine trafficking in the Yorkton are.

I've been a huge fan of Jack Horner since I was in university. Horner is the American paleontologist who was among the first to recognize the link between dinosaurs and birds.

Calendar approved The public school board has approved a tentative schedule for the 2013-14 school year with a concession to teachers.