Yorkton This Week

Summer is fast approaching and youth in the province, 14 and 15 year-olds, who are interested in summer jobs, must complete Saskatchewan's Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course (YWRCC) in order to work.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Guy Ritchie. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris. Frantic action detective story that suffers from trying to do too much.

On March 7, 2009, the Sturgis RCMP were called to a residence in the small community of Usherville in relation to the suspicious death of a local 50-year-old female resident.

(June 3) Yorkton United Chelsea U12 FC played its Regina Premier League (RPL) home opener Saturday June 3 against the Regina UCT. The final score was 5-1 Yorkton.

An error which resulted in some diagnostic imaging test results not being automatically faxed to the ordering physicians and posted to the Picture Archiving System (PACS) has been identified and corrected.

There is a new face at the Yorkton Public Library with the recent arrival of head librarian Ben Gosling. Gosling was born in Britain, but his family moved to Canada when he was only four.

Parkland College is pleased to have concluded a successful visit with a guest from a college in the East African nation of Tanzania. Hamisi Kamando with the Mineral Resources Institute (MRI) in Dodoma, Tanzania, was at Parkland College May 23-26.

The Yorkdale Central Public School football team had a busy week last week in playing three games; two were played in their own backyard, and a third game took them up to Watson. Last Tuesday afternoon, Yorkdale's Gr.

There is no question that Premier Brad Wall was righting a wrong foisted upon rural Saskatchewan 19 years ago, although there is some question as to who should ultimately be held responsible for that wrong.

Donald Peter Homenchuk, Jan. 6, 1946 - June 3, 2012. Don passed away suddenly on June 3, 2012 at his residence in Vancouver, BC. Don was born Jan. 6, 2012 to Peter and Mary Homenchuk. He is predeceased by his parents Peter and Mary Homenchuk.