Yorkton This Week

The number of Saskatchewan people receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits has dropped significantly over the past year, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada.

Gulliver's Travels (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Rob Letterman. Starring Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Jason Segel. Really quite astonishingly bad comedy based on the classic story.

Brian, Jeannette and Ella Becker took a trip to Saskatoon, where Ella visited with her sister Agnes, and Bill Hembroff. Brian and Jeannette visited with their son, Toby and Tanya Becker and family.

A short film by Brittany Ayers has earned top honours from the Saskatchewan Watershed Association. The win gave Ayers a $1,500 scholarship.

SaskTel Minister Bill Boyd today announced that the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CAN) which assigns phone number blocks and area codes in the country has advised that Saskatchewan is running out of 306 phone number blocks and will need to add a

NORTHERN RANGE Larry Krause Indie 8.5-out-of-10 It's always interesting to interview a singer before listening to their disk. In the case of Saskatchewan singer Larry Krause that was doubly the case.

An arrest was made last week in connection with two incidents in a string of alleged abduction attempts in Yorkton. Twenty-three-year-old Yorkton resident Curtis Pawliw has been charged with solicitation and assault.

The Yorkton Terriers held the team's awards' banquet Saturday. Team president Lyle Walsh said it was a year ago the team was holding the same event and "talked about the great season we had, and looking forward to next year.

This past Wednesday night marked the annual celebration of excellence at the various levels of minor hockey. Award winners are as follows: Initiation Program.

The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be holding their regular meeting tonight, Wednesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. in the Sunshine Room at SIGN on North Street.