Yorkton This Week

Wayne and Suzanne Mitchell of KEE's Taekwondo will be leaving Canada for a week to head to Costa Rica. The staff members of KEE's are heading to a referee seminar/refresher course and are looking to be certified.

An interest in crystals and alternative medicine has led Stacey Young to the creation of what she terms handmade 'crystal healing jewellery' under the name Guan Yin Crystals.

The Parkland Racing Association will be holding another two-day race weekend on Sept. 18-19 at the Yellowhead International Speedway. Races will be held on both days and racing starts at 2 p.m.

The Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are investing $75,972 to upgrade the rural water pipeline at Good Spirit Lake in the Rural Municipality of Good Lake, through the Building Canada initiative.

The Yorkton Harvest have just begun preparations for the upcoming hockey season.

There is at least one goal in mind as the 2010 season of minor football in Yorkton gets set to 'kick off' this coming weekend. According to coach Jason Farrell, there will probably be a few more of them set as the season rolls on.

Brett Favre changes his mind more often than a woman changes clothes.Is he going to do it yet again? He drove the Green Bay Packers and their fans absolutely nuts several years back.

"Headin' to Manitoba", said my cousin's voice on the phone. Four of us. And hey.... the road goes right through (well, almost). Could we...? (You can do that, with family.) "We'd love that," I said. "Come.

Red Cross in Saskatchewan has set up a toll-free number for people affected by severe weather to request assistance.This line has been activated to make Red Cross services more accessible for those with basic needs.

Saskatchewan's Opposition leader Dwain Lingenfelter said there are two issues people are concerned with this summer as he and fellow New Democrat MLAs tour the province, the impact of severe weather, and health care.