Yorkton This Week

Two things property owners have come to shudder over almost as a matter of course are assessments, and the property taxes levied on those assessments. There is a begrudging acceptance that property taxes are required.

Victim from Carnduff

Ronalda Vandale shaved her braids just as they grew back. The Muskoday First Nation woman first cut them when her mother, a residential school survivor, died 10 years ago.

Today, Canada's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced $2.

Go places, see people, do things… but plan a safe ride home

The federal and provincial governments recently announced $1.5 million over two years in renewed funding for Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan, Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan (AITC-SK) and 4-H Saskatchewan.

Tourism Saskatchewan's annual ExploreSask Photo Contest is officially underway and accepting entries as of June 15. Enter photographs of your favourite Saskatchewan adventures for a chance to win great prizes.

With construction season in full swing, the Government of Saskatchewan is reminding motorists to keep an eye out for construction zones on provincial highways.

Yorkton Council has questions about recent increases in the assessment of some properties when the latest numbers came out. So Monday, at a Committee-of-the-Whole meeting they were seeking some answers.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce has several members unhappy about their property assessments and related property taxes.