Yorkton This Week

In an effort to help promote one of the sports that does not get much attention within the mainstream media, a clinic held by a two-time Olympian was put on at MC Knoll Elementary School in Yorkton recently.

The presidents of the Yorkton Kinsmen and Kinettes appeared before the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday to have the week of February 14-20 as Kinsmen and Kinette week in the City.

The bluefin tuna is extremely valuable. One fish weighing about 340 kilograms sold for almost $400,000 in Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market in early January.

An anonymous call to Saskatchewan's Turn In Poachers (TIP) line began an investigation that resulted in the conviction of two Saskatchewan men for unlawfully shooting a calf moose during a closed season.

SaskEnergy is reporting a strong year of customer growth in 2010, which saw nearly 5, 000 new residential, business and industrial customers added to its natural gas distribution system in communities across Saskatchewan.

We're just a few weeks into the new year, and your vows to lose weight and get your finances in order are about to end in disaster.

At an event on Friday, Yorkton Regional Health Centre formally unveiled its RIS/PACS: a new infrastructure expected to reduce patient wait times and shrink the need for duplicate tests.

The Saskatchewan Volleyball Association Asics Cup was played in Yorkton this past weekend. The tournament involved girls' teams from all over the province in U17 and U18.Among the competing teams was the U18 Blitz coached by Chris Lohnes.

The Yorkton Film Festival will be accepting submission for its 2011 Festival season throughout January. Submissions will be accepted until the deadline of January 31, 2011 at which time the adjudication process will begin.

The Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Induction dinner. Please contact community development parks and recreation for nomination forms or call 786-1750. The deadline to place nominations is January 28.