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Yorkton This Week

Health Sciences contract ratified

The Board of the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO), on behalf of health care employers, has ratified the tentative agreement reached with the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS).

Brain Injury Walk planned

The Saskatchewan Brain Injury Association is hosting its second annual Positive Steps Walk-a-thon in Yorkton on September 10.

Daniels' Discusses Golf Discs

If you're like most disc golf players in Yorkton, you're new to the sport like I am, since the Patrick Park Disc Golf course in a new amenity to our city.
Roughriders need to sit one out

Roughriders need to sit one out

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are 1-and-6 overall and 0-and-4 at Mosaic Stadium after a flattering 45-35 loss to the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night. The fan base is wildly upset. There are calls for just about everyone to be fired.
New effort to keep downtown clean

New effort to keep downtown clean

The downtown should be a cleaner place this fall thanks to a co-operative effort headed by the Yorkton Business Improvement District.
Local actor ready to grind out the words

Local actor ready to grind out the words

It will be something different in terms of entertainment as Kyle Markewich performs what he is terming a 'Poetry Grind'. "This is something I've come up with myself," he said. "It's me performing poetry not reading it.

Helping Africia

Saskatchewan credit unions are now accepting cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts in East Africa. It is estimated that nearly 12.
The boom and bust of Sask. oil

The boom and bust of Sask. oil

There are worst things for provincial economies than being a slave to the ups and downs of oil. But as the recent stock market swoon has shown, it isn't always the greatest thing, either.
Grunert turns camera on what man builds

Grunert turns camera on what man builds

When Kristopher Grunert graduated high school in Yorkton in 1996 he stayed just long enough to save up the money to move to Vancouver knowing only that he could skateboard year-round there.
Plants can grow out of control

Plants can grow out of control

Sit down with me for a minute and I'll tell you about a gardening adventure we had recently. One summer day, not that long ago, I was looking at our mugo pines and thought they needed a bit of a trim.