Yorkton This Week

Canadian citizens and permanent residents moving to Saskatchewan from other provinces or territories will now be able to apply online for a Saskatchewan Health Services Card.

Saskatchewan Roughrider losses are becoming as certain as death and taxes. It's getting to the point where the team can't possibly go any further downward.

Dear Editor: Last summer Andy Iwanchuk, NDP labour critic and I, as the NDP health critic, toured the province visiting smaller communities and their long-term care homes, health centers, and hospitals.

For anyone interested in becoming a football official this season, the Yorkton Minor Football Association is searching for anyone interested to let them know immediately.

From the H. Jackson Collection, we have this photo of Yorkton's first ball team in 1900. The players are: The first row: Morley Chubb, Pud Ball (pitcher), Orville Thomas. Second row: Walter King, Wes Fields, Alfred Arnold, Billy Long.

The first steps have begun on a volunteer project that will put a Yorkton family into a new home by next spring.

SaskPower warns the public to be aware of a telemarketer who has been contacting customers encouraging the purchase of a product to save power.

In a season where the Yorkton Cardinals managed only 14 Western Major Baseball League wins the one near-constant highlight was James Green on the base-paths.

Perhaps the greatest influence on farm commodity prices over the past quarter of a century has not been hungry people, or the impact of Mother Nature, but has been the meddling in the market of world governments.

The Parkland Racing Association will be holding their monthly race date on Aug. 21 at the Yellowhead International Speedway. The event is sponsored by Deluxe Motorworks and Wholesale Transmission and Differential. Racing begins at 2 p.m.