Yorkton This Week

The Alexander Mens Wear Junior Cardinals went into the Victoria Day long weekend on the upside following a 18-3 victory over the Parkland Padres on home field last Thursday night.

At the Yorkton Friendship Centre, an ongoing program is helping young people who face employment barriers find meaningful and lasting employment.

The Yorkton Rotarians raised money this past weekend for Shelterbox, a disaster relief organization that provides shelter, clean water and lifesaving equipment immediately following a disaster.

A day without laughter is a wasted one, they say. Read this, and you won't waste today. Karla and her husband lived in the country and owned a pair of very large dogs.

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.

Saskatchewan has signed an agreement with six other provinces to share information related to seizing the proceeds of crime, Justice Minister and Attorney General Don Morgan announced today.

A seemingly large group of staff and students from the Regional High School in Yorkton are anxiously looking forward to this year's Walk and Roll, an initiative which they are hoping will catch on like a major flu epidemic.

I turned 75 in March. That means I probably won't be around to see the worst impacts of climate change or any other looming environmental disasters - or the much brighter future that may emerge if we get off our butts to address the problems.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has released its calculations of estimated pension and severance payments paid to the 113 MPs who were either defeated or did not seek re-election in the May 2, 2011 general election.

The Ruth Shaw Award for Best Saskatchewan film at the Yorkton Film Festival is always one of the most coveted awards of the long-running Festival. Minus Lara is among the nominees for the 2011 award.