Yorkton This Week

Great news on the economic front from Statistics Canada - retail sales are up and the number of people collecting employment insurance is down.

Weston Dressler of the Saskatchewan Roughriders is coming to Yorkton on Canada Day. He will be at the Yorkton Co-op from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at 30 Argyle Str.

To make way for a 64-unit apartment development Yorkton Council approved a process to amend its Zoning Bylaw for 253 Bradbrooke Drive.

Celebrate Canada Day by joining us at the "Good Old Fashioned Family Picnic" on July 1st at the Western Development Museum Grounds.

Monsters are usually a bad thing but not in this case it isn't. "We almost created a monster, right?" says Roby Sharpe of the Yorkton Minor Football Association on June 19, the final day of play for Kinsmen Tackle.

The Yorkton Cardinals of the South East Senior Baseball League took advantage of more good baseball weather Monday night and used it to take it to the Melville Bison. Going into the contest the Cardinals were sitting at 4-5 in the SESBL standings.

Lori Betker - Dec. 10, 1970-June 16, 2012 Lori passed away peacefully Saturday June 16, 2012 after a long battle with cancer at the age of 41.

Cruise the Spirit - Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park July 6, 7, 8, 10th Annual Cruise Weekend and Car Show. For more info and registration call Dennis Naphin (306) 792-4405. --- Lung Association BBQ Fundraiser - Fri., June 29, 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Partisans who believe the law always supports their views inevitably wind up disappointed. If there's one thing you discover following politics, it is that no political party always has the rule of law always on its side.

The Yorkton Municipal RCMP are asking for public assistance in locating 14-year-old Darnell Brass, who was last seen in Yorkton on June 15 at the movies. Brass is a First Nations male, approximately four feet tall and 75 pounds.