Yorkton This Week

Do you ever listen to Stuart McLean on "The Vinyl Café"? If you do, you know how his wonderful, wonderful stories can move you to out-loud laughter, or heart-wrenching tears of sadness.

Yorkton Council moved to pass both its operational budgets (see related story this issue) at its regular meeting Monday.

We saw what happened when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico for three months.

Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud recently introduced amendments to The Animal Protection Act, 1999. The proposed amendments to the Act include increasing the maximum fine level for animal abuse to $25,000 for each convicted offence.

Hundreds turned out to honor Remembrance Day at the Gallagher Centre Flexihall on November 11. This year's guest address came from Major Ron Haskell (bottom), a reservist, schoolteacher, and Afghanistan veteran.

Doctors from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Washington announced in September that they could just as well handle certain brain surgeries by access not in the traditional way through the top of the skull but by drillin

The Yorkton Terriers had another huge week, notching three wins in three games.

The attention of the Saskatchewan aviation scene will be focused on Yorkton this week as the city is the host centre for the 2010 Wings of Saskatchewan Conference & Trade ShowCheryl Denesowych, one of the local event organizers said this week's confe

The Calder Rec Board would like to thank everyone who attended our Annual Fall Supper. A big thank you goes out to the ladies who helped make the cabbage rolls, perogies & the dainties. The Calder Seniors have been busy with their whist drives.

Ten finalists have been named for the 2010 The Home Depot NFL Youth Coach of the Year Award, announced by the NFL today.