Yorkton This Week

Record high employment for the month of December helped Saskatchewan close out the year with the second lowest unemployment rate in Canada. Saskatchewan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.5 per cent is well below the national average of 7.

The Yorkton Terriers Novice Frame Techs won the A-side championship where they beat Moosomin in a 9-2 win in the final. That came after they beat the Carlet's Terriers 7-3 in the semi finals. The tourney was in Melville.

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

The City of Yorkton is looking to become involved in an interesting pilot project, if the city is one of two locales selected by Sask Power to take part.

As they wrap up a major six-month investigation, the Kamsack and Yorkton RCMP are issuing a warning about the widespread problem of prescription drug abuse in the area.

Early 1940s on the Cross farm 5 miles north and 1 1/2 mile east of Yorkton, near Young Siding.

The Yorkton Terriers were on the road for a pair of losses last week, leaving the team on a five-game skid.

The college football season in the USA officially came to an end this week when the Pac-10 champion Oregon Ducks played the SEC champs, the Auburn Tigers.

The Yorkton Harvest opened the new year with a pair of games on the road. Playing in Beardy's on Saturday night, then again at Prince Albert on Sunday afternoon.

Dear Editor: A few days ago I was working on the roof at a school and I looked down to see a skating rink full of snow.