Yorkton This Week

Sunrise Health Region launched an online Well Wishes program on Wed., May 23.

Student's Day, presented by the National Film Board of Canada, was held Thursday at Sacred Heart High School as part of the annual Yorkton Film Festival.

Gladys Eileen Wiley (nee Burman) of the Bentley Retirement Home, Yorkton, SK passed away on May 19, 2012 at St. Peter's Hospital in Melville, SK. at the age of 88 years.

A primary health care innovation project within the Sunrise Health Region will focus on patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

As a celebration of diversity, Parkland College students raised an 18-foot tipi in front of the Yorkton campus last Wednesday morning.

The YRHS football team took its second 'preseason' challenge in the past two weeks as they played host to the Crocus Plains Plainsmen of Brandon in an exhibition football game Friday afternoon. Everything seemed to click in a 46-14 win over Brandon.

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Mr. Pete Sass of Yorkton, formerly of the Fenwood district, beloved husband of Rose Sass passed away on May 24, 2012, at the Yorkton and District Nursing Home. It is with a sense of peace that we announce the passing of Pete Sass.

Attendance was sparse at the first-ever Yorkton Mature Lifestyles Expo at the Gallagher Centre on May 22 and 23.

A plan by the Sunrise Health Region to cut ambulance services in the Preeceville area has been stalled by a provincial mediation process. Meanwhile, public opposition to the service reduction is mounting in the community of 1,500 northwest of Canora.