Yorkton This Week

Digging a well by hand on the Miller farm at Orcadia, near Yorkton Saskatchewan. Circa 1915. Emmanuel Miller is seen going down the well. The person on the left is unknown.

Anyone that reads my reviews of CDs or boardgames will already know I am proudly supportive of Canadian efforts. It's no different in terms of golf discs too.

Green Lantern (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Martin Campbell. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard The weakest and most soulless comic book adaptation in recent memory.

The Sacred Heart senior football team put up over 180 all purpose yards which led to their third win in three tries during Saskatchewan High Schools Athletics Association action last Thursday.

The Sacred Heart senior team head out on the road for their first road game of the season. They are scheduled to take on Foam Lake on Oct. 13. Both Sacred Heart and Foam Lake's club are undefeated heading into the game.

Yorkton residents were out on the weekend for what might have been the final warm days of the fall. For many, it was a good opportunity to take a walk outside or to finish up the last of the yardwork.

In many parts of Canada, especially rural areas, firearm ownership is relatively high. Firearms can be used for hunting, sport or for protection from wildlife.

So often these days we seem to expect government to do everything for us. That expectation includes at the municipal level, where we often look to City Hall to spearhead most projects in a community, and to also offer up the funding as well.

Habitat for Humanity volunteers were in action on the weekend building a home for the city's second Habitat family. Construction supervisor Merv Catchuk anticipates a late January finish for the home on Elizabeth Avenue.

This hunting season the Ministry of Environment and the Canadian Co-operative Wildlife Health Centre will be conducting targeted Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing in both east central and south western Saskatchewan.