Yorkton This Week

A large rabbit bumped its way across the street ahead of me as I walked the dog the other morning. Cash and I watched it make its funny zig-zag path in and out of front yards, then back onto the road, grey ears flapping, powerful hind legs pumping.

The Lutheran Church has been a landmark in Theodore for the past 100 years or so. In the early 80’s it was designated a municipal heritage site and as of last year the designation was removed and the property and building were sold.

The Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP is asking the public to help locate a dangerous, wanted individual. Over two years ago, on March 4, 2019, the Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP responded to an armed robbery at a business on Muscowpetung First Nation.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is holding a number of walk-ins and drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinics across Southern and Central Saskatchewan this weekend, including in Yorkton.

The federal and provincial governments have 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.

With a few exceptions, anyone who is 14 days past their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at time of exposure and is asymptomatic no longer has to isolate when named as a close contact of a COVID-19 positive person.

Let’s talk trees. After seeing the broken trees following the storm we had a few weeks back, we realize how fragile they are, and how important proper tree placement is for the best life of the tree, and the safety of the homeowner.

When growing up the Canadian Prairies were widely known as ‘the bread basket of the world’. At least that was the thinking in this country.

To get more people vaccinated in Saskatchewan, the Opposition NDP proposes a vaccine lottery for fully vaccinated people.

The Government of Saskatchewan has renewed eight interprovincial agreements (IPAs) with post-secondary institutions in Alberta and British Columbia, creating ongoing opportunities for Saskatchewan students to enroll in high demand health sciences pro