Yorkton This Week

The first of two planned service interruptions for electrical upgrades at Yorkton Regional Health Centre went smoothly last Wednesday. Emergency and obstetrical services were shut down at the hospital between 3:30 p.m. on October 13 and 8:00 a.m.

A new affordable rental housing project for low-income families is underway in Yorkton, thanks to approximately $900,000 in funding through Saskatchewan Housing Corporation.

How to Train Your Dragon (DVD/Blu-Ray) -- Dir. Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders. Starring Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson. One of the better animated films of the past decade, but contains little practical advice on dragon training.

Women who enter the field of business have many hurdles to overcome. And as more and more women opt for both a career and a family, they are faced with the difficulty of having to juggle the responsibilities of a family, a career and a social life.

Joey Duchek was home from his studies at Moose Jaw for the Thanksgiving holiday.

You can still be a self-employed worker and have a business partner. You can even have employees. But finding the right business partner is sometimes easier said than done.

Yorkton Council made a unanimous decision at its regular meeting Monday to amend the City's Rental Housing Incentive Program. The changes were made in response to a request made by Terra Developments Inc.

Residents of Milne Bay in the city are concerned with the speed of vehicles on the street and are willing to fund the installation of temporary speed bumps to slow drivers.

It's midnight in the Kootenays. As I write this, I sit in our son's above-garage apartment, perched high above Windermere Lake. Thinking. A train whistles slow beneath me and the moon rests cozy on the sky, like a silver coin on dark velvet.