Yorkton This Week

Faye Spaetzel from Sydney, BC called to let the community know that her cousin, Alice Clayton, had passed away at the Mt. Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver, BC on May 31st at the age of 89.

Dear Editor: It is very obvious that neither Agriculture Minister, Gerry Ritz or Prime Minister, Stephen Harper intend to allow Western grain producers to decide for themselves through a fair, honest vote whether they want the Canadian Wheat Board to

The second annual Give the Gift of Life Fun Run & Walk in Yorkton this Saturday will put the spotlight on kidney disease and the plight of Canadians awaiting organ transplants.

A Regina-based group known as the Cavaliers Sports and Social Club came to the Gallagher Centre Flexihall to give a handful of locals, including a couple of sports reporters a crash course in the sport of cricket.

The June Female Athlete of the Month is another multi-sport athlete here at Sacred Heart. She has been on the soccer team, junior girl's basketball team and the track and field team. Her coaches describe her as tenacious and dedicated.

With a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.0 per cent (well below the national average of 7.4 per cent), Saskatchewan has now had the lowest unemployment rate in Canada for three straight months.

The Saskatchewan government is committed to finding new ways to encourage healthy weights in children and youth through the creation of a Saskatchewan Healthy Weights Framework.

I once saw a poster that showed a lovely little flower growing through a crack in a concrete sidewalk. The caption read "Beautiful things are seldom easy.

SMX Racing is pleased to announce theta Yamalube has joined them for the 2011 CMRC Canadian National race season and will be known as Team Yamalube Schrader's SMX Racing.