Yorkton This Week

Saskatchewan families who are home hunting are seeing more options in their neighbourhoods as Saskatchewan home builders are leading the nation in new starts, according to a report released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Three months of rotating strikes by health professionals in the province ended last week with the reaching of a tentative agreement between the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organization

Job opportunities in Yorkton are up significantly compared to last summer, according to one of the province's measuring tools. The government-run SaskJobs.

Michael Buchholzer, Director of Environmental Services with the City, deserves a pat on the back for having a vision which is certainly a tad outside the box, yet one which promises to enhance the experiences possible to enjoy in our city.

Our family spent Canada Day in Regina and as I watched an overcrowded Wascana Park enjoy things like free concerts, food vendors, and fireworks; I couldn't help but wonder if Yorkton could pull off something similar.

Friends of Jimmy Ray Wiebe, the Shell gas station employee murdered on the job last month, are campaigning for a change in Saskatchewan's law that they believe will help avoid similar incidents in the future. "It hit home pretty close.

Saskatchewan will always be a province with its divisions. That's just who we are. We are rural. We are urban. We are business. We are labour. We come from the co-operative social democrat belief.

The suspicious death of a 41-year-old man in Melville was likely not murder, according to the RCMP. The deceased Melville man was found in his home, which has been blocked off by police since Tuesday morning.

Yorkton Council unanimously approved a Zoning Bylaw Amendment at its June 27 meeting to facilitate a new apartment development in the city. The amendment effectively enlarges a parcel of land on Balmoral Street to facilitate the development.

The City of Yorkton's Housing Committee has created a list of recommended municipal and provincial priorities it believes could help create housing development to alleviate the current tight supplies in the city.