Yorkton This Week

Naturalists from across Saskatchewan (and a few from Manitoba) gathered in Saltcoats as they participated in the annual Spring Meet of Nature Saskatchewan June 3, 4 and 5.

TRANSLUCENT BLUES Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers BLIND PIG RECORDS 8.5-out-of-10 There are record labels you get to know you can trust, and Blind Pig is certainly one of those.

The Parkland Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society is hosting a Relay for Life event Friday, June 24.

The Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport announced it is issuing a request for qualifications (RFQ) to introduce an automated online campsite reservation system for the 2012 camping season.

The Alexander Men's Wear Junior Cardinals got a good taste of some quality ball here Sunday afternoon when a team called the Red Sox rolled into town. They weren't from Boston but they had at least one guy who could really hit the baseball and hard.

Yorkton Council has approved a tender to proceed with an extension to Kelsey Bay. City Council approved the extension of Kelsey Bay and signalization of a new Broadway Street East intersection in 2010.

The Yorkton E and S Yankees increased their winning streak to four games as they defeated the tough Willowbrook Royals 4-2 at Jubilee Park Wednesday June 8.

Despite the bottom half of the course not quite playable as of yet, the York Lake Golf and Country Club has a few things to look forward to this summer. One of them is the good weather that came around Yorkton and area for most of Friday.

The Yorkton Cardinals have struggled out of the gate in the Western Major Baseball League, having won only two games in eight outings. The resulting .250 winning percentage have the Cardinals mired in the basement of the league's East Division 5.

Battle: Los Angeles (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Jonathan Liebesman. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan. An attempt to cross Independence Day with Starship Troopers and a hell of a lot of shakeycam.