Yorkton This Week

Heavy Equipment Operator students and instructor pose with a scraper used in the project. Foam Lake, SK - A shortage of skilled labourers is a constant challenge for Saskatchewan's booming construction and resource sectors.

While many musicians have turned to touring solo, or with pared down bands to save money, Olenka and the Autumn Leaves have bucked the trend in order to preserve their approach to music.

Ron Styles, SaskTel President and CEO, has announced that members of the Communications Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) have voted in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement at SecurTek.

Kyle Braeden Furness, the 20-year-old Yorkton man charged with the June murder of Jimmy Ray Wiebe, had his second appearance in Yorkton Provincial Court last Thursday.

There was an awful lot of golf played both locally and on the professional scene last week. The SGI Canada Junior Order of Merit Tour was played at both York Lake Golf and Country Club and at Deer Park Municipal golf course.

Super (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. James Gunn. Starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler. A very dark comedy about a pudgy superhero bashing crime with a wrench.

The occurrence of serious crimes is rising in Yorkton, counter to a trend which has the national crime rate at its lowest level since 1973.

The SGI Canada Junior Order of Merit Tour was played at two Yorkton golf courses last week.

There's no snow on the slopes but the Asessippi Ski Area & Resort north of Russell hopes to attract a different type of clientele when its hosts the inaugural Subway Asessippi Folk n' Fest on Saturday, August 27.