Yorkton This Week

Yorkton Council gave third and final reading to its revised Property Standards Bylaw at the regular meeting of Council Monday.

Refuse collection fees are rising in Yorkton following a unanimous decision made by City Council at its regular meeting Monday. With the 2012 city budget, residential refuse collection and the landfill are to operate on a self-sufficient basis.

With the season of holiday festivities upon us, CAA Saskatchewan is again supporting SADD's (Students Against Drinking & Driving) Red Ribbon Campaign as part of its efforts to help prevent impaired driving.

The City of Yorkton is growing.

The Bredenbury United Church would like to say a big, big, "Thank you" to the community and area for their support of our annual Craft Show; to those who moved tables and helped set up, those who donated desserts and baking for the Bake Table workers

Sixteen teams started and one was left standing as Michelle Englot outlasted Karissa Murray during the Yorkton stop on the Saskatchewan Women's Curling Tour over the weekend at the Gallagher Centre.

Mr. Frank Halliday, beloved husband of Marianne of the tonkin district passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre following a brief illness. He was 76 years of age.

Bredenbury continues the town tradition of decking out the entire community with festive lights and displays. Three times the community has won the National light contest for populations under 1,000.

A new book by a former Yorkton resident highlights the history of Aboriginal people in Canada.

In accepting the capital budget as presented last Monday, Yorkton Council made an interesting decision on respects to paying the costs of water retention ponds being constructed in the city.