Yorkton This Week

The June sale of petroleum and natural gas rights generated $46.2 million in revenue, making it the second-highest June land sale on record. Land sale revenue for the 2010 calendar year now stands at $275.

As part of the University of Saskatchewan's (U of S) commitment to fiscal responsibility, the Board of Governors has approved a change in the options available to students for payment of tuition.

In 1944 Wilford Kirk was a Canadian soldier serving in Holland. The then Sergeant was leading a 12-man section whose objective was a German pillbox on a hill near the town of Wonensdrecht.

Deer Park Golf Course will be holding three open tournaments through the course of the month of August. Starting with the Deer Park Junior Open, scheduled for Aug. 4 (today at 11 a.m.). The Deer Park Men's Open will be held on Aug.

An initiative by the Yorkton Rural RCMP to crack down on bush parties is now turning its attention to the property owners who allow the parties to happen.

The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) received a $1 million gift from the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG) for the College of Agriculture and Bioresources' Phytotron Renewal Project.

The sentiment that the Saskatchewan Party government is no different than the NDP when it comes to rural health care delivery is so far confined to specific areas of frustration.

Carla Rudy never focused on art through school, nor has she taken formal training, but she has found a muse which has her busy at the easel whenever family allows.

No one can live without water. We like to think we're blessed with an abundance of clean water in Canada, but we really don't have a much larger sustainable supply of water than most places.

Shirley & Gordon Dunlop of Red Water, AB called on Bob Davies last Friday on their way to visit their daughter living in Manitoba on a farm. Shirley is a niece of the late Nans, Pat & Vera Asplund.