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Yorkton This Week

Shelves empty at food bank

Yorkton's Salvation Army Food Bank is facing a "severe shortage of food" and needs help from the public. "I'm putting a challenge out to people because the food bank is in dire need," says Chaplain James Pedwell, the food bank's intake worker.
Editorial Cartoon

Editorial Cartoon

Watch a life, catch a sermon

Watch a life, catch a sermon

While the Preacher took himself out of province to visit family for a few weeks, I laid a flagstone path to the back garden, hoping to surprise him on his return. The path didn't impress him much.

Sask retail sales up

Saskatchewan retailers continue to set the bar nationally with the highest increases in the country, according to a report released by Statistics Canada today. Retail sales were up by 9.

Highway safety tips

As travellers prepare to hit the road for the final long weekend of the summer, CAA Saskatchewan encourages drivers to follow some important tips to stay safe on the road and save money at the gas pumps.
Portraits of Honour: Remembering faces lost

Portraits of Honour: Remembering faces lost

The Kin Canada Portraits of Honour National Tour spent a day in Yorkton last week, raising $15,700 for military veterans and their families.

Renewal plans for the welfare system

The Government of Saskatchewan recently signed two historical Letters of Understanding (LOUs) with its partners from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) and the Métis Nation - Saskatchewan (MNS) pledging to renew the child wel
Easter Seal help

Easter Seal help

The Saskatchewan Automobile Dealers Association (SADA), headquartered in Regina, is a non-profit corporation representing the franchised new car and truck dealers of Saskatchewan who are located all throughout the province.

Daniels' Discusses Golf Discs

The Swedish entry into the world of golf discs is Latitude Discs, a company bringing a rather broad range of fliers to the market, including a pair of drivers I've had a chance to throw; the Halo and Vision, and the midrange Fuse Latitude offers thei
Moved by Layton's recent passing

Moved by Layton's recent passing

I, honestly, have never ever cast a ballot in any election and voted for an NDP politician, but I still couldn't help but be moved by the passing of Jack Layton on Monday.
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