Yorkton This Week

The four-year-old swim class students, our grandaughter among them, perched on the edge of the swimming pool and gazed down at their instructor in the water. From the sidelines, I could imagine the conversation by what happened next.

Yorkton Council is going to face some interesting decisions moving forward in terms of where and when to spend money on capital projects.

The Canadian Federation of University Women will hold their final meeting of the year on Thurs., June 2, 2011 at the Parkland Greenhouse at 6:00 p.m. Marlene Chatterson, Regional Director will be attending. For more info call Elsie @783-4862.

On May 22, 2011 at 3:45 am, members from the Punnichy RCMP Detachment and Cupar EMS were called to the scene of a collision between a single motor vehicle and a pedestrian on the Gordon First Nation.

The Saskatchewan Racing League was hoping to get two full days of racing in over the May 2-4 long weekend, but according to weather conditions, they barely got one in. By about 9 a.m.

The Yorkton Knights of Columbus, Father Delare Council recently donated $1,000 to assist funding the conceptual plan for a new Regional Hospital.

Saskatchewan's new photo identification card made its red carpet debut when the International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) gave it the award for Best Government Identification Card.

Saskatchewan businesses affected by flooding may be eligible for relief from penalty and interest charges that result from filing late sales tax returns.

The East Central Districts track meet will be moved to next Monday and Tuesday (May 30-31) It was originally scheduled for this week. Events will start at 9 a.m., on May 30. The Alexander Mens Wear Junior Cardinals will play twice this week.

Saskatchewan had the highest percentage increase in trade among the provinces for March, with wholesale trade figures released by Statistics Canada today showing strong improvement for the province over 2010. In March 2011, wholesale trade was up 13.