Yorkton This Week

Yorkton RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in identifying a man (photo attached) who was involved in two separate incidents involving fraud/theft at a financial institution in Yorkton, SK.

Surely, the Yorkton Terriers have captured your interest by now. They have won eight straight playoff games, ten straight overall if you date back to the regular season.

"It's an experience that, at least right now, I believe has affected me forever," says Faye Greer, minister of Yorkton's Westview United Church.

It's soon going to be much easier for Saskatchewan companies to find the foreign skilled workers they need to keep growing. A new online service has now been launched, combining all previous application forms into one online document.

Two dogs rambled with me on my morning walk today. Happy to be free, they romped alongside, sniffing every blessed thing - including large cats and small poles.

The Yorkton-Melville riding's three major competing parties nominated candidates over the weekend to go up against Conservative Garry Breitkreuz in the rapidly-approaching May 2 federal election.

The massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan are horrendous and heart-wrenching, and our thoughts are with the people of that country as they cope with the aftermath and the terrible losses they have suffered.

Melville/Ituna RCMP submitted this photo taken at a Highway 15 rail crossing between Leross and Ituna.

Yorkton Council had some concerns over a proposed route for new SaskPower transmission line coming into the city. The concerns have been listened too, and SaskPower has agreed to change how the line will enter the city.