Yorkton This Week

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced today that 101021866 Saskatchewan Ltd. and its director, Ernest Uhryn, of Yorkton, pleaded guilty in Yorkton Provincial Court on May 7, 2012 to failure to file corporate income tax returns.

Sixty-seven year old Margareta Winberg, a retired Swedish occupational therapist, received a surprising piece of mail recently. The return address read, The Government of Sweden, Lena Ek, Minister of the Environment.

Violet May Evans (nee Hughes) was born on June 1, 1920 on the family farm in the Glyndwr District. She was the youngest of eight children. She completed her Grade 10 at Glyndwr School, then moved to Winnipeg to be near her sisters.

The Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association (AWSA) would like to thank all the students and teachers that participated in our "Healthy Watershed Ecosystems" poster contest.

Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud released an independent review of the proposed acquisition of Viterra by Glencore International.

The Map shows the 8 townships outlined in colour that the York Farmers Colonization Company of Toronto agreed to colonize in 1882 and 1883.

This year's Best For Saskatchewan finalists at the Yorkton Film Festival are a diverse group. The stories are about the province, most shot here.

It seems that ideas for the garden never end! You know how I love gardening, and you know how I love books. So it was impossible for me to resist a large coffee table book called "Step Outside: Urban Terraces and Gardening" by Alex Sanchez Vidiella.

The provincial government's decision to eliminate the Film Employment Tax Credit in its last budget has put a film based on a local area personality and locale in limbo.

Saskatchewan is a significant player in the Canadian and global mining scene. in 2009, it continued to be the world's largest producer and exporter of potash, and one of the world's leaders in uranium production.