Yorkton This Week

Kim Walker has been sentenced to eight years for manslaughter for the shooting death of James Hayward on March 17, 2003.

The RCMP are advising people to beware of a "computer virus" scam currently affecting Saskatchewan residents. This scam involves the victim receiving an unsolicited phone call from someone claiming to be from an official-sounding computer company.

Sunrise Health Region is reminding residents to be aware of mosquitoes that may carry the West Nile Virus.

Saskatchewan is ranked best in Canada as the place for oil and gas investment, according to the 2011 Global Petroleum Survey released today by the Fraser Institute.

Jim Arthurs from Calgary, AB is visiting with his sister, Melba and Ron McAlpine.

Dream Rides was well represented in Yorkton this past weekend with Friday's cruise night followed by Saturday's Show & Shine in the Parkland Mall parking lot.

There's going to be one more prehistoric creature in town, as the Royal Saskatchewan Museum's (RSM) tylosaur, known as Omaciw, surfaces in Eastend on July 13.

Yorkton speed swimmer Jennifer Haczkewicz, 11, just returned from the biggest competition of her racing career. She swam at the ManSask Long Course Championships in Winnipeg, MB. The five- day swim meet ran from July 7-11.