Yorkton This Week

An initiative that would see a new skateboard park built in Yorkton is through to the final round in the Aviva Community Fund Contest. Aviva, an insurance company distributes $1 million to projects across Canada each year.

Yorkton Council approved the 2012 fee schedule for the Deer Park Muncipal Golf Course during their regular meeting Monday.

At press time, Melinda Arnold, 34, was waiting to hear whether her mother would be accepted as an organ donor for her daughter - with the organ being the mom's womb.

In preparation for the Christmas holidays, the Sacred Heart basketball teams held a tournament over the weekend for the senior and junior teams from around the area.

What do you get the party that seems to have everything? Or, equally puzzling, where do you begin with the party that seems to have next to nothing in Saskatchewan right now? These are the puzzlers for my annual Christmas gift giving to provincial po

So late December seems to be becoming as much a minefield of 'political correctness' as it is a time to celebrate.

January will be In Motion Month in Yorkton following a unanimous decision by City Council at its regular meeting Monday.

The City of Yorkton's proposed annexation of lands from the Rural Municipality of Orkney went before a public meeting in the city Thursday as a step in the provincial arbitration process.

2011 was a record year for Saskatchewan provincial parks with 3.37 million visits being recorded across the park system, which surpassed the previous record set in 2009.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lena Sawkey on December 11, 2011. Lena was born January 16, 1916 west of MacNutt, SK to Veronia & Nick Wicheruk.