Yorkton This Week

Park Foo Mark passed away at St Joseph Health Centre in Toronto, ON. on November 23, 2011 at the age of 77 years. Park was born on February 24, 1934 in the Toisan village of Jook Wu, Chonglou Township, Guangzhou (Canton) province in China.

January 8, 1932 - October 4, 2011. It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our dearly beloved mother and sister, Beverley, of Nanaimo, BC.

The Yorkton Film Festival is currently accepting submissions for the 2012 festival season till January 31, 2012. From now until December 15 you have a chance to save $15.00 off the regular price of submission.

On Saturday at the Willow Cree Memorial Sport Centre, Yorkton entertained the Beardy's Blackhawks. Despite outshooting the Blackhawks 16-15 in the first period, fell by a final score of 10-3. Five Blackhawks goals came on the power play.

Cowboys & Aliens (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Jon Favreau. Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde. Sci-fi action movie that takes a good idea and runs with it.

The more discs you have the opportunity to throw the more you come to appreciate companies trying an innovative thing or two.

The province has allocated nearly $850,000 in funding to renew the Discounted Bus Pass Program to the end of March 2012.

Sometimes even uneventful news events reveal something eventful.

Ed, April 5, 1935 - November 27, 2011, aged 76 years was born on the family farm west of Yorkton to Joseph and Katie (Burant). He grew up there with seven siblings.

As the weather turns colder throughout Saskatchewan, SaskPower is reminding customers to have a licensed gas contractor check their furnaces, chimneys and gas fireplaces.