Yorkton This Week

Seasonal flu season has arrived - and surprising new poll results reveal that Canadians need to brush up on their 'flu facts.

The warnings are familiar by now. Only 15 percent of Saskatchewan children are reaching the 90 minutes of exercise per day recommended in Canada's physical activity guidelines.

The flood of July 1, is one of those moments in this city's history which is having its ripple effects even now five months later, and will well into the new year for many residents.

SaskTel has expanded its 3G+ wireless network to 26 more locations across the province of Saskatchewan.

A Saskatchewan delegation has returned from the United Kingdom with new ideas about how to reduce surgical wait times and improve patient outcomes and safety.

The Colonel Raider basketball tournament is scheduled for this weekend to be held at the Yorkton Regional High School located on Gladstone Avenue. The games will involved senior and junior clubs from both Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders may have lost their second straight Grey Cup, and 15th in club history, but for long-time fan Randy Goulden this year's Canadian Football League final will forever be special.

It may not go down in history for being the best finals ever but it was a compelling game in a number of ways.

No presentation at last week's TransACTIONS summit in Yorkton was more central to the event's message of cooperation than that of Chief Ovide Mercredi from the Manitoba Cree Nation of Misipawistik.

The 98th Grey Cup Championship did not live up to expectations at least not from a scoring point of view. Although games are never over until they are over, this one didn't compare to other regular season games played between the two teams.