Yorkton This Week

There is a long list of sports detailed on the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (SHSAA).

Roberto Luongo has been the best player on the Vancouver Canucks for some time now.Without his stellar play in the nets, there's likely no way his team ever would have advanced 13 games into the post season both this year and last.

Stephen Harper won't pardon serious criminals or Helena Guergis.

May 5th was the International Day of the Midwife, a day that is recognized around the world as an opportunity to celebrate midwifery and to promote awareness of the care that midwives provide.

The R. Miller midget cardinals of the Prairie Midget Baseball AAA League kicked off its 2010 baseball season in Saskatoon on mother's day weekend. On Saturday they played as double header against the Saskatoon Diamondbacks.

On the afternoon of Saturday, May 15 a rededication ceremony was held for the City of Yorkton cenotaph. In 2005 numerous items that were in need of repair and restoration on the City of Yorkton's Cenotaph were identified.

A strong increase in full-time employment led to a record-high number of people working in Saskatchewan for the month of April. There were 521,700 people working in Saskatchewan in April, an increase of 8,900 over April 2009.

Warm days are on the horizon, and Ducks Unlimited is working to ensure our waterfowl have a home during their summer stay in Yorkton. The Harris Conservation Project has begun.

Anyone interested in starting up the sport or looking for some people to ride casually with are more than welcome to join, regardless of age or fitness level. Each ride will be suited to meet the needs of the riders who show up.

The trip from Canora to Yorkton became a four-hour relay for one group of runners on Thursday, May 13th. A six-person team shared the 50 km run as part of Royal Ford's efforts to raise $10,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund.