Yorkton This Week

Heavy rains last Thursday caused extensive flooding of homes and businesses in Yorkton, including the Dairy Queen on Broadway Street. The amount of rain falling on the city was massive.

The Alexander's Yorkton Junior Cardinals have four games in hand this week. Last night, they were scheduled to host the Melville Bison at Jubilee Park.

Dear Bill: Planning would help our situation. I work in a manufacturing company with heavy challenges periodically and when that happens, stress peaks.

The Provincial Toilet Replacement Rebate Program is proving successful in encouraging water conservation in Saskatchewan.

Old emotions are being stirred again with the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal's order of a new trial for Kim Walker, the Yorkton man convicted in 2007 of murdering James Hayward.

The Boston Pizza Yorkton Regional High School Female Student of the Month for April is Dina Lazurko. Dina is a grade 12 student at the Y.R.H.S.She played Blitz Volleyball for 4 years.

Winners from the Thunder stock heat races June 27 at the Yellowhead International Speedway.: heat one, Chris Stadnyk (06), heat two, Chris Stadnyk (06). Thunder stock feature race trophy winner: Levi Wilcott.

The flood which hit Yorkton Thursday has local insurance businesses inundated with claims. "Claims are getting reported as quickly as possible," said Jason Farrell a partner with Farrell Agencies Ltd.

The Yorkton Jr. Cardinals are to host the 2010 Junior AAA baseball championships. They will be held July 30-Aug. 1 at Jubilee Park.

Did I tell you about how we lost our rhubarb plant? We had a beautiful, lush rhubarb plant in the back yard; we treasured it especially for its ruby-red stalks that tasted as good as they looked! One day, we noticed that a couple of the leaves were w