Yorkton This Week

Sacred Heart and Yorkton Regional were both involved in conference play over the weekend. Both have qualified for regional competition. Sacred Heart will move on to North Battleford for their competition. The Regional goes to Saskatoon this weekend.

A Canadian country music veteran is back on the road in support of a brand new disk. Jason McCoy has just released Everything and hits the Painted Hand Casino for a show March 18. McCoy, from Barrie, Ont.

The Yorkton Terriers will play in the Sherwood Conference final with the Kindersley Klippers starting Friday night in Yorkton. Game two will be here on Saturday. Both games are at 7:30 p.m. Dates in Kindersley haven't been determined.

In February of 2011 urban housing starts were up 115 per cent (seasonally unadjusted) when compared to February last year according to a report released by CMHC today. There were 234 starts in February 2010 and 503 in February 2011.

There was an interesting presentation made to Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer

With the Region IV Drama Festival at the end of the month fast approaching, the local high schools are deep in the midst of rehearsals.

Speaker Peter Milliken cramps Stephen Harper's imperial style.

Advanced Education, Employment and Immigration Minister Rob Norris, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians John Duncan and five Tribal Councils, representing more th

GAYE-LYNN KERN (voice) is a teacher, performer, and clinician. She has enjoyed adjudicating at over 100 festivals in Western Canada since 1990. Her areas of specialization are: voice, music theatre and speech arts.