Yorkton This Week

Anyone that reads my reviews of CDs or boardgames will already know I am proudly supportive of Canadian efforts. It's no different in terms of golf discs too.

So we are into October and that means thoughts of Halloween, and that means it's time for a look at a few games which fit the season, starting with one which has not been published, so if you want to play you need to be a little crafty.

Fast Five (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Justin Lin. Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson. It's rarely a good sign when the movie you are about to watch ends with a number like "five.

The heavy hand of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service landed on 11-year-old Skylar Capo and her mom in June, after an agent happened to spot Skylar holding a baby woodpecker in her hands at a Lowes home improvement store in Fredericksburg, Va.

Rural Saskatchewan people and First Nations people have often found themselves at odds, although it's not as bad as it used to be. The first time I explored this issue in depth was for a book entitled "Writing off the Rural West.

A Yorkton insurance business is spearheading an initiative to build a new skateboard park in the city's downtown.

Few, if anyone, are as famous, or perhaps infamous, in terms of their association with the Yorkton Terriers Junior Hockey Club than former team owner and coach Gerry James.

The YRHS Raider senior football team got a little bit closer to a .500 record over the weekend. They almost did it in shut out style too.

Thumbing through one of our gardening books, I saw a brief article about ground cherries. Are you familiar with this interesting little plant? My Mom, the intrepid gardener, was always eager to try a new plant.

The Yorkton Taekwondo Association and Kee's Taekwondo are hosting their 13th Annual Prairie Wildfire Invitational Tournament on Oct. 22. Over 40 schools from North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Manitoba have been extended invitations.