Yorkton This Week

The Legion had a poetry writing contest in November 2011, Renee Walker placed 3rd in the intermediate category and Melanie McDermott placed 2nd in the junior category.

Due to positive 2011 results and expectations for a continued strong financial performance, SaskPower will not be seeking a rate increase in 2012.

By no means do I want my column to be an advertisement for local businesses, but I do feel the need to share a bit of my experience in a new fitness class called TRX. In a nutshell, it's suspension training.

The Yorkton Richardson Atom Terriers brought an end to their Major Hockey League season when they beat the Melville Snipers 5-4 at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in Melville on Wednesday March 28th to win the two-game goal total 'C' final by a combi

When the NCAA held it Division I hockey championship this past weekend there was a definite Yorkton Terrier aspect, as three former members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League took part.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Yorkton will be this year's benefactor of the MC Knoll Elementary School's Basketball Shootathon.

Rozalia (Rose) Tropin, who called Brandon home for 59 years and who lived in Yorkton for the past six years, died suddenly but peacefully on March 31, 2012 at 84 years of age. Rose was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many.

Mr. Nick Stefanyshyn, formerly of the Whitesand district entered eternal rest on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Yorkton & District Nursing Home. He was 86 years of age.

April 28 should be a marked date on the calendars of every football fan in and around the Yorkton area. The Yorkton Minor Football Association has got a lot planned for one day at the end of the month.

The man wanted by police for a bank robbery in Invermay and other crimes was arrested last week in Alberta.