Yorkton This Week

Short-lived Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell was sadly wrong when she said an election is no time to debate ideas. Yes, elections are about determining who should govern us.

X-Men: First Class (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Matthew Vaughn. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence. X-Men prequel film that's consistent with the quality of the first two movies (the good ones).

September has been declared Big Brothers Big Sisters Month in Yorkton following a unanimous decision of Council at its regular meeting Monday. The designation corresponds with a national designation of the month.

A Planned Unit Development can now proceed after receiving unanimous approval by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

Tanner Kardynal had his moment under the lights. For the first time in his senior football career, he had about a 30 second run after which he had every reason to feel like Devin Hester.

Yorkton Council gave an amendment to its Zoning Bylaw unanimous first reading support to allow for smaller parking areas under certain multi-unit development circumstances.

As the booth announcer at Kinsmen Century Field said Saturday, there are a couple of names of football players that will one day be the answers to some trivia questions.

On September 9, 2011 at approximately 5:30 pm, RCMP attended a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident in the Melville area on Highway 9 near Yorkton approximately 5 km north of Highway 15.

Dr. Brass School in Yorkton held an event Thursday to kick off a school year dedicated to Fun, Fitness and Fabulous Fun. The morning of events included a presentation to the assembled students by Canadian Olympic athlete Kelsie Hendry.