Yorkton This Week

The Grade One class at St. Mary's School took part in the new Social Studies curriculum being implemented in schools throughout Saskatchewan that includes a greater focus on Aboriginal Traditions and Customs.

Over 350 of Saskatchewan's most talented secondary, post-secondary and apprentice students competed in the 13th Annual Skills Canada Saskatchewan event in Moose Jaw; each vying for the opportunity to represent Saskatchewan at the national Skills Cana

The Sacred Heart High School (SHHS) badminton team participated in the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (SHSAA) District badminton tournament which was held at the Melville Comprehensive School last Monday.

SaskTel announced it will invest $199 million in its Saskatchewan network in 2011 and approximately $670 million in a seven-year Next Generation Broadband Access Program (2011 - 2017).

The doors were wide open for this one. In most sporting events, it's said that the best offence is a strong defence.

Garage sale signs pop up before the tulips in my part of the country. Along with the signs, people haul out their collections of unwanted, and no-longer-loved household items. We have a pile of "precious things" in our garage too.

The month of March is gone, but Yorkton celebrated its own version of the March Madness less then a week ago. Each and every March, the United States college basketball teams compete throughout the month for the right to be named basketball's best.

The new executive director of SIGN (The Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbors) says he has already been impressed with the passion of the organization's employees and the scope of its programs in Yorkton.

It's new. It's innovative. It's exciting, too.