Yorkton This Week

The City of Yorkton is moving ahead to amalgamate its public transit bus system with those of Saskatchewan Abilities and SIGN.

Chris Stoubis and Ted Karacholias of Melrose Place, presented a cheque for $2,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation. The donation will assist paying for the conceptual plan for a new regional hospital.

Students, staff and officials from Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division joined Education Minister Donna Harpauer at St. Mary's school in Yorkton today to announce funding targeted at upgrading Prekindergarten classrooms across the province.

Nearly 300 people attended one of the largest Chamber of Commerce Luncheons ever on Thursday to hear about the latest developments in BHP Billiton's potash explorations in the area.

The Yorkton Harvest AAA Midget hockey club will start their home schedule of the 2011 Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League tonight when they welcome the Notre Dame Hounds to the Farrell Agencies Arena. Game time is 8 p.m.

On October 1, 2011 at 11:00 a.m., mothers and children at sites across Canada, the United States and other countries around the world will compete to set the record for the most children breastfeeding at one time.

Back in the early 1900s, top labour issues in Canada included things like; safe workplaces, a five-day work week and decent wages.

As the Saskatchewan provincial election approaches, voters and candidates alike must give the issues of housing and immigration the attention they deserve.

Canada's capacity to prevent and fight infectious diseases got a major boost with the grand opening of the $140-million International Vaccine Centre (InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S).

At 9:14 a.m., one blizzardly weekend last spring, I picked up my home office telephone and dialed long-distance. Someone picked up. "You're on, Kathleen.