Yorkton This Week

The Saskatchewan Roughriders dropped to 0-and-2 over the weekend by losing to the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday afternoon. Darian Durant was much improved, reducing his turnovers from 4 to 0.

The photo from Bill and Joyce Anaka's Collection show women modeling the latest fashions in swim suits at Gunn's Beach, circa 1920. The suits, which were "branded" with a capital "G" could be rented at Gunn's Beach Store on the south shore.

Wind energy is increasingly being considered a viable and attractive power source. Many countries, including the U.S., Germany, Spain, China, and India, are putting policies into place to drive the development of their wind energy industries.

Saskatchewan families who are home hunting are seeing more options in their neighbourhoods as Saskatchewan home builders are leading the nation in new starts, according to a report released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Three months of rotating strikes by health professionals in the province ended last week with the reaching of a tentative agreement between the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organization

Job opportunities in Yorkton are up significantly compared to last summer, according to one of the province's measuring tools. The government-run SaskJobs.

Michael Buchholzer, Director of Environmental Services with the City, deserves a pat on the back for having a vision which is certainly a tad outside the box, yet one which promises to enhance the experiences possible to enjoy in our city.

Our family spent Canada Day in Regina and as I watched an overcrowded Wascana Park enjoy things like free concerts, food vendors, and fireworks; I couldn't help but wonder if Yorkton could pull off something similar.

Friends of Jimmy Ray Wiebe, the Shell gas station employee murdered on the job last month, are campaigning for a change in Saskatchewan's law that they believe will help avoid similar incidents in the future. "It hit home pretty close.

Saskatchewan will always be a province with its divisions. That's just who we are. We are rural. We are urban. We are business. We are labour. We come from the co-operative social democrat belief.