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Yorkton This Week

YRHS curlers advance

The YRHS curling teams took part over the weekend in district curling held at the Yorkton Curling Club and two of their three teams are qualified for regionals, said Grant Bjornerud, head coach of all three teams.

Watch for fake credit cards

The RCMP "F" Division Commercial Crime Section along with other police agencies are currently investigating a series of counterfeit credit card frauds that have occurred in Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, rural Saskatchewan and rural Alberta.
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Stephen Harper gets rise in polls after meeting with Barack Obama.

Former Terrier goaltender returns to town

A former Terrier was in Yorkton last week to help current Junior netminders Devin Peters and Warren Shymko sharpen their games on the eve of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League playoffs.
Documentary brings filmmaker home to Sask.

Documentary brings filmmaker home to Sask.

Filmmaker Kenton Vaughan grew up in the Saltcoats area, although he moved to Ontario in 1987 after graduating high school in Yorkton.

Recent tax cuts effective

New Calculations Show 92,000 People Came Off Tax Rolls - 12,000 More Than Expected New calculations by the Ministry of Finance show that the tax cuts introduced by the provincial government in the fall of 2008 removed more people from the provincial
Fatal snowmobile accident

Fatal snowmobile accident

On Feb 4, 2011 at approximately 11:21 pm, Kamsack RCMP were called to a fatal snowmobile collision near Green Lake north of Kamsack near Duck Mountain Provincial Park.

City Mayors set priorities

City representatives met with their counterparts from other Saskatchewan cities last week in order to come to an agreement on the key issues to take to the province.
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City residents struggle with windrows left by snowplows.
Another gold medal for Liebrecht

Another gold medal for Liebrecht

The track and field season is either long done or nowhere near starting. Unless your name happens to be Preston Liebrecht. Usually for high school students, track season starts up training in late April or early May.