Yorkton This Week

SASKATOON – A new Beef Industry Integrated Forage Management and Utilization Chair will be established at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to connect the study of soils, plants, animals, economics, and ecosystems to tap into forage crops’ full

It was a double first Friday afternoon at the Yorkton Exhibition track. It was the first races of the season for the Eastern Professional Chariot & Chuckwagon Association as the chariots took to the track.

For Clayton Hawreluik chariot and chuckwagon racing was something once tried became a lifetime passion. “I think I started racing in 1992.

There is a new show ongoing through July and August at the Community pARTners Gallery located in the Yorkton Public Library; ‘Common Truths’ by artist Donna Langhorne.

The Yorkton 4-H Regional Show & Sale – held in Melville -- was just one of many regional shows held across the province over the last couple weeks.

Farming has always been a career path where you required a multitude of skills to make it.

It has come to the RCMP's attention that a fake Yorkton RCMP Facebook account has been created. The account has been set up as a personal page rather than a business or organizational page.

Fundraising for the grandstand replacement at the Yorkton Exhibition grounds continues. And today it was given a boost as the Yorkton Tribal Council (YTC), made a presentation of $25,000.

Fundraising for what is now being Phase I of the grandstand replacement project, was given a significant shot in the arm today as Richardson Pioneer made a $50,000 donation.

The former Muscowequan residential school in Lestock, Sask. has been designated a national historic site under the National Program of Historical Commemoration.