Yorkton This Week

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.

The Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA) is a non-profit, non-government organization that provides the people of Saskatchewan with understandable, useful information and education on our laws and legal system.

For one day of the calendar year I feel like Johnny Depp more than I do myself.

The Salvation Army still requires the support of the community for its ongoing flood relief efforts in Yorkton. "I can tell you that our costs are probably up around $30,000 so far, and our donations are probably a little over $20,000.

The Yorkton Branch of the Western Development Museum hosted Museum Day activities last Wednesday, including butter making top, a chance to view the various displays, and like Lyric Solonenko to play with trains.

Habitat for Humanity Yorkton has revealed the family chosen to receive its second home built in the city.

Drowning Prevention Week is taking place in Saskatchewan from July 18-25. The week is organized by the Lifesaving Society to educate the public about the hazards on, in and near the water.

If Bon Jovi is 75% of what they were in Winnipeg over the weekend, then rock music fans in Regina will be in for a treat on July 28. I have seen Bon Jovi three or four times in my lifetime and they were the best this past Saturday in Winnipeg.