Yorkton This Week

Friday afternoon at St. Michael's school was a good day for anyone with any type of a dream looking for a little motivation to try and fulfill that dream.

Yorkton is now home to 19,588 people according to the latest Covered Population Report from the province's Ministry of Health: an increase of more than 11 percent in the last year. Saskatchewan as a whole grew by 1.

Arguments were heard on a case that has pitted the town of Kamsack against itself in Yorkton's Court of Queen's Bench on Monday afternoon.

- Librarian Graham Barker, 45, of Perth, Australia, casually revealed to a reporter in October that his hobby of 26 years - harvesting his own navel lint daily, just before he showers - has now won acclaim in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Myles Cameron, a member of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Yorkton Terriers has died in a car accident.

SGI is asking customers to voluntarily provide a physical address (house number or legal land location) if it's different than their mailing address.

The other day we were watching an old episode of Jacques Pepin and Julia Child cooking together. What a delightful combination of personalities they were! On this day, they were cooking some dining classics, like Steak Diane and Steak Au Poivre.

The reason why 2010 might go down as Premier Brad Wall's best year has everything to do with the fact that it wasn't exactly smooth sailing for his Saskatchewan Party government.

Sunrise Health Region interim CEO Suann Laurent remembers 2010 as a year in which the health region administration hardly had time to breathe.

Winter has settled in across Saskatchewan, and for the next several months we have something to look forward to. Shoveling.And more shoveling.