Yorkton This Week

Anyone paying any attention to the hockey battle that is starting to take place as of Monday night (and by the sound of it there aren't that many of us), the 2011 Stanley Cup championship is kind of starting to take some shape.

It is 70 years since the official opening of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, #11 Yorkton Service Flying Training School took place June 11, 1941. The ceremony was attended by 11,000 people.

Texting MacKenzie is an Ontario band looking to broaden its horizons with a new tour west. "We've played almost every decent and not-so-decent venue in Guelph," said band spokesperson Robin Jools Wright.

True Grit (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. Starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon.

A pharmacist who grew up in Yorkton will be sworn in as premier of the Yukon this Saturday. Darrell Pasloski, 50, was elected leader of the territory's ruling Yukon Party on May 28.

A big four-run inning turned out to be a good start to a good game and a good weekend as the Alexander's Mens Wear Junior Cardinals went 2-0 in Regina Optimist League action over the weekend.

The Health Foundation's Scholarship Fund began in 2002 when the foundation and TD undertook to mutually fund an education program for five years.

Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Landscape & Memory 2011 on now until June 24. This year's local and regional art exhibition features 25 of your favourite and newly discovered artists.

Yorkton Regional High School held its annual Custom Car Show & Shine on June 2. Students entered their cars, trucks, motorcycles, and Frankensteinian contraptions to be admired by judges and fellow students.

The CrossFit Regina team which included Yorkton's Taryn Romanowich, competed in the CrossFit Games regional competition held recently in Vancouver. Competing were 23 teams, including a six-man team from Regina.