Yorkton This Week

For the past six weeks, Yorkton's Taryn Romanowich has been travelling to Regina in order to compete in the CrossFit Games Open Sectional competition.

The Yorkton Speed Swim Club recently competed at the Regina Optimist Dolphin Swim Club (RODS) Invitational Swim Meet in Regina. The meet was held over three days at the Lawson Aquatic Center.

Saskatchewan's efforts to provide sooner, safer, smarter surgical care are translating into shorter wait times for patients and improved surgical processes.

Find a game with a Viking theme and you generally have my interest. Find one with some historic validity, and you pique that interest even more.

For the months of June, July and August, youth in Saskatchewan can ride with the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) for only $40 per month.

An aspiring writer originally from Yorkton has earned an award which has at least boosted her confidence in the field. Shannon Landels, now of Saskatoon, was the first prize winner in the Open category of the 2011 24-Hour Playwriting Competition.

Kim Walker himself was the first witness called by the defense in his second-degree murder trial on Tuesday, May 17.

The Yorkton Yankees did not have the greatest season opener recently when they played against the Canora Supers. The opening game of the 2011 South East Senior Baseball League's season was supposed to have gotten underway on May 10.

Local students pursuing post-secondary education will have the opportunity to receive scholarship support thanks to Parkland College's scholarship initiative.