Yorkton This Week

On Saturday, July 2, a celebration for the 25th anniversary of Norma (Topliss) and Gary Granat was held at the Dubuc Friendship Centre. The evening started with snacks and visiting, followed by a catered Chinese Food supper.

I hope you were able to join the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society at our Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show this week.

The Preacher and I raised our two children in parsonages provided by God and the churches we served. We called each house home and filled them all with love, delight, chaos and havoc. (Of the best kind, usually.

The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery presents PRIMAL NATURE, an exhibition of paintings by Jeanette Marshall.

Ainsley Oliver of Dive Sask came to Yorkton for a three-day course on proper diving techniques to a small group at the Gallagher Centre swimming pool.

More than a year after an accident that led to the drowning deaths of two area residents, Canora/Sturgis police have laid charges against a Yorkton man.

On August 23, Yorkton will be a stop on the coast-to-coast tour of a unique monument to Canada's fallen soldiers.

Confidence in the Saskatchewan economy continues to build the province's construction and related industries as Saskatchewan's building permits were up considerably between June 2010 and June 2011 (seasonally adjusted), according to Statistics Canada

For the fifth consecutive month, Saskatchewan has the lowest unemployment rate in Canada and there are more people working full-time in Saskatchewan than ever before in the province's history. Saskatchewan's July unemployment rate of 4.

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released its annual report on the level of payments made by the mining industry to Canadian governments.