Yorkton This Week

The Goodeve Community Center Winter Wonderland Supper and Dance was held February 26th. A chicken breast and pork loin supper was served with salads that were provided by the local community members.

Advanced Education, Employment and Labour Minister Rob Norris announced the signing of a $5.2 million funding agreement between First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), the University of Regina (U of R) and Meyers Norris Penny Limited (MNP).

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

There is a long list of sports detailed on the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (SHSAA).

Roberto Luongo has been the best player on the Vancouver Canucks for some time now.Without his stellar play in the nets, there's likely no way his team ever would have advanced 13 games into the post season both this year and last.

Stephen Harper won't pardon serious criminals or Helena Guergis.

May 5th was the International Day of the Midwife, a day that is recognized around the world as an opportunity to celebrate midwifery and to promote awareness of the care that midwives provide.

The R. Miller midget cardinals of the Prairie Midget Baseball AAA League kicked off its 2010 baseball season in Saskatoon on mother's day weekend. On Saturday they played as double header against the Saskatoon Diamondbacks.

On the afternoon of Saturday, May 15 a rededication ceremony was held for the City of Yorkton cenotaph. In 2005 numerous items that were in need of repair and restoration on the City of Yorkton's Cenotaph were identified.

A strong increase in full-time employment led to a record-high number of people working in Saskatchewan for the month of April. There were 521,700 people working in Saskatchewan in April, an increase of 8,900 over April 2009.