Yorkton This Week

As life returns to normal around Yorkton, SaskPower is urging flood-affected residents to keep safety in mind.

Darrell Webb of Edmonton was part of the main attraction when the 7th Annual Prairie Thunder Drag Races put on a show at the Yorkton Municipal Airport.

The Yorkton Cardinals have crashed in recent weeks, winning only one of their last 15 games and as a result will miss the Western Major Baseball League playoffs for only the second time in the team's history.

I'll begin this week by letting you in a little bit on my recent vacation. You see, our family has sure taken advantage of this camper.

Approximately $1.6 million in charitable gaming grants are being distributed to more than 900 groups and organizations across the province by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA).

The Yorkton Junior Cardinals will be hosting the Junior AAA baseball provincial championship this coming weekend. Yorkton will take on Lloydminster and the Regina Athletics in the preliminary round. Yorkton vs. Lloydminster goes at 3:30 p.m.

Chris Putnam has recently joined Yorkton This Week as a reporter. Born in Watson, Putnam attended the University of Saskatchewan taking four years of English, which after graduation turned into a reporter position at the Tisdale Recorder.

There's not much good news in the most recent TD Bank Financial Group forecast of Saskatchewan economic growth. It significantly downgrades the province's expected gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2010 to a modest 2.

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