Yorkton This Week

The Fighter (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. David O. Russell. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams. About as good as movies about punching people ever get.

Tourism Saskatchewan has announced the list of 40 finalists for the Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence for 2010, and the Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is among them.

The Yorkton United Men's Futsal league came to an end early last week at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre. The league, believed to be the first of its kind offered here in Yorkton, was a good success, said league administrator Mike Jakubiec.

We start off our news this week on a sad noteSympathy is extended to the family of John Freed who passed away at 105 years of age. John was born January 21, 1906, attended school and later farmed in the Freedhome district south of Dubuc.

Saskatchewan's credit unions, including Cornerstone in Yorkton, will be accepting donations to support the Red Cross's earthquake relief effort in Japan until April 15 "It's something that we've done in the past when there have been disaster situatio

We've all had the experience of a scent magically transporting us to a particular time or place. Some scents evoke meaningful memories, like fng the skin of someone near and dear. Some bring on different sensations, like a blinding headache.

Dr. Brass school hosted the Teen Girl Safety Conference on Friday, March 18.

The end of the hockey season was marked on Saturday when the Yorkton Harvest held their year end awards banquet.

Some citizens of Esterhazy are asking the Good Spirit School Division to reconsider its plan to take over bus service to that town's schools.

Meetings with representatives of the local high schools, the health region, the business community, Parkland Regional College, and university alumni were all on the agenda for a densely-packed President's Tour visit to Yorkton from the University of