Yorkton This Week

In honour of the 20th anniversary being celebrated today, ABC Life Literacy Canada is pleased to offer 20 literacy tips that anyone can use in various aspects of their life. 1. Set aside some quiet time each day to read a book, magazine or newspaper.

When was the last time you had beets at a meal? Beets have been around for centuries and range in colour from black, burgundy or red, to orange-yellow or ivory.

Greg Ottenbreit will once again carry the Saskatchewan Party colours into the scheduled provincial election in November 2011 following his constituency nomination Sept. 9.

The Yorkton Harvest AAA Midget hockey team opened up their exhibition season over the weekend with a pair of matches, one at home at the Gallagher Centre with the Tisdale Trojans Saturday, followed by a road trip to the Queen City to take on the Regi

The City of Yorkton officially launched its new bikeway on September 10 with a ribbon-breaking ceremony on Gladstone Avenue.

Rick Bradshaw of Schrader's Motors is probably one of a large group of locals who are looking forward to some good racing on Saturday and likely also hoping for just as good weather conditions.

A few months ago my wife and I planned a weekend in Winnipeg to visit her sister, her husband, and their newborn baby.

A public forum held in Kamsack on September 8 to discuss issues relating to the town's doctor shortage remained civil despite strong feelings on both sides of the debate.

An hour and a half of practice time last Tuesday evening translated into 28 points on the scoreboard as the junior Sacred Heart Saints football team beat Esterhazy on home turf the following evening.

Three days after holding the official opening of the Yorkton Cycling Network Plan Friday, Council voted unanimously to revert a section of the biking network back to the ordinary street it was, although it will be marked as shared use.