Yorkton This Week

Saskatchewan's government is providing more than $40 million in additional funding for the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative this year, so that more patients receive surgery sooner.

No column has generated feedback like the one I wrote last week about my E-R visit. However, in an effort to be fair to all involved, I feel it's necessary to publish more of my entire conversation at the pharmacy on Saturday after my visit with Dr.

Saskatchewan experienced an increase in the number of live births in the province in 2010. To date, there have been 14,978 live births registered in Saskatchewan in 2010, compared to 14,536 for 2009.

Unstoppable (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Tony Scott. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson. Speed meets Twister meets Independence Day meets all those other movies you thought they stopped making in the '90s. Except it's about trains.

After more than a six-month interim period, the Sunrise Health Region is moving ahead with plans to recruit a new chief executive officer. The health region's first CEO, Joe Kirwan, departed suddenly on July 31 of last year.

Although many Canadians pride themselves on living in a "compassionate" country, our personal income tax system has completely been drained of real compassion; it especially gouges low income earners.

My newest grandchild is 18 months old and even has a nickname, Gunny. What a joy it is to escape the complexities of adulthood to focus on him, just playing.

On February 15 at the Yorkon Rural Detachment, Yorkton GIS facilitated a meeting with several stakeholders regarding the prescription pill trafficking and addictions problem in the Yorkton/Kamsack region.

The Yorkton Atom AA Xerox Terriers successfully defended the Brandon Tournament of Champions Title for the second year running. The tournament's been running for many years, says Chad Korczak, head coach of the Xerox Terriers.

SGI reminds customers who use SGI's AutoPay program with "Continuous" stickers to declare their eligibility for Saskatchewan registration each year. "A year has gone by since we introduced the 'Continuous' stickers for the AutoPay program.