Yorkton This Week

After filing information requests with the government, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation recently discovered that Saskatchewan taxpayers have been picking up the bill for video games in government-run youth jails. Yes, video games.

As children head back to school this fall, many will be assisted by one of the more than 225,000 dedicated student volunteers across Saskatchewan who participate in the CAA School Safety Patrol program.

Saltcoats Museum needs roofing! Fundraiser Pancake Breakfast will be hosted at Laketown Leaders Stirling Room on Monday, Sept. 5, 8:00a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The cost is $5.00 a person with family rate of $20.

The Deer Park Municipal Golf Course has seen an awful lot of action over the summer.

An attractive setting in the 1960s, the clubhouse provided golfers with a lounge, concession and rental equipment.

The start of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is just around the corner and that means that the Yorkton Terriers head to the Farrell Agencies Arena ice this weekend for their fall try-out camp.

If Indianapolis Colts star QB Peyton Manning is not ready to go once the NFL regular season starts up in about two weeks' time, then it is officially time to feel bad for his replacement QB, Kerry Collins.

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.

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.