Yorkton This Week

The new editor-in-chief of The Star Phoenix and The Leader Post spent his early life in Yorkton.

Yorkton This Week recently sent a list of six questions to the Yorkton-Melville federal election candidates representing the Green, Liberal, NDP, and Conservative parties.

Spring flooding and ice melts mean extra danger for Saskatchewan residents. As Saskatchewan prepares for unavoidable flooding this spring, the Lifesaving Society wishes to remind all residents of the danger of flood water and ice melts.

Kelsey Jones is a guy I work with and his attention to detail is great because you need to have that as a graphic artist. However, I find this character trait extends beyond the work world. He has a way of finding the most obscure things.

At the Whist Drive held in Zorra, winners were: 1st High Brian Becker, 2nd Gordon Kahut, 3rd Norman Wozney and Low Nick Antony. Pot of Gold winners were: 1st-Lil Wozney, 2nd-Norman Wozney and 3rd-Ella Becker.

Social Services Minister June Draude announced details of a five-point action plan to add at least 4,600 new housing units over the next five years and make it easier for Saskatchewan people with modest incomes to purchase new homes.

This won't be the election that sees the federal Liberals make many inroads in Saskatchewan.

It's been a banner year for the Yorkton Minor Hockey Association (YMHA), and to prove it, they are going to be hanging a few more of them up in the rafters of Kinsmen Arena, said Kelly Maddin, president of the YMHA.

In recent weeks Yorkton Council has heard a series of presentations from Associated Engineering (AE) on its current Asset Management Project.