Yorkton This Week

Rural Saskatchewan people and First Nations people have often found themselves at odds, although it's not as bad as it used to be. The first time I explored this issue in depth was for a book entitled "Writing off the Rural West.

A Yorkton insurance business is spearheading an initiative to build a new skateboard park in the city's downtown.

Few, if anyone, are as famous, or perhaps infamous, in terms of their association with the Yorkton Terriers Junior Hockey Club than former team owner and coach Gerry James.

The YRHS Raider senior football team got a little bit closer to a .500 record over the weekend. They almost did it in shut out style too.

Thumbing through one of our gardening books, I saw a brief article about ground cherries. Are you familiar with this interesting little plant? My Mom, the intrepid gardener, was always eager to try a new plant.

The Yorkton Taekwondo Association and Kee's Taekwondo are hosting their 13th Annual Prairie Wildfire Invitational Tournament on Oct. 22. Over 40 schools from North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Manitoba have been extended invitations.

Saskatchewan's population has hit a new all-time high of 1,057,884 people following the largest quarterly population jump ever recorded since Statistics Canada starting keeping quarterly population estimates.

The Sacred Heart boys' soccer team combined for a total of 20 goals during three matches played between Friday afternoon and Saturday. Sacred Heart opened the tournament with a 6-nil victory over Weyburn. Game two put them up against Luther College.

The Sacred Heart senior girls volleyball team traveled to Regina recently to take part in the MegaVolley Tournament.

As Yorkton becomes increasingly a destination for international immigrants, questions of how to make the city more accommodating to the influx of newcomers grow more important.