Yorkton This Week

Dear Editor: As a tax payer in the city of Yorkton I would like to know why I have a recycling charge on my water bill and now have to pay for plastic bags to have the recyclable products picked up? What was wrong with the bins that we already have p

It has been a long road for Luke Boechler since he learned he had Acute Myeloid Leukemia Feb. 4, but the 20-year-old who was in the midst of a Junior hockey career with the Yorkton Terriers is beginning to dream of the game again.

The number of Employment Insurance (EI) beneficiaries in Saskatchewan has dropped for the sixth straight month. September 2010 saw 13,000 EI beneficiaries receiving regular benefits in Saskatchewan, a decrease of 1,560 or 10.

When a pair of very young and inexperienced teams get together for some early-season basketball action, it has the potential to be a lot of fun to watch. The coach definitely thought that it was.

Saskatchewan health regions are finding significant financial efficiencies by reducing overtime hours and sick time. In the first six months of the 2010-11 fiscal year, the number of hours worked at premium rates per full-time employee is down 20.

In October, Greece's largest health insurance provider announced, in a letter to a diabetes foundation, that it would no longer pay for the special footwear that diabetics need for reducing pain but suggested it would pay instead for amputation, whic

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Jon Turteltaub. Starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina. Cheesy but tolerable kids' fantasy film.

A couple upcoming events to mark on your calendars: The community monthly potluck supper for December will be a Christmas party on Sat., Dec. 11 at 5:30 at the Hut. Everybody is invited to bring a favorite dish and join in the fellowship.

When the Yorkton City Senior Girls basketball tournament started Friday afternoon, Trent Senger said he didn't have much in the way of expectations going in. Senger has more experience coaching then all of his players combined, have playing the game.

Some-times at Christmas I sense that the lyrics of "Deck the Halls" have changed to "Deck the shops with and ire and folly, na na na na.... Tis the season to be growly, na na na na....