Yorkton This Week

Program includes Dr. Brass School locally

Working horses have always held a place of importance on the Canadian Prairies because they were integral to the earliest days of settlement and farming here.

SASKATOON – The University of Saskatchewan (USask) and the City of Saskatoon have been honoured for their collaborative wastewater monitoring project that advances environmental and human health—one of 50 international projects named to the 2021 Smar

Local students are – well going gaga for Gaga. At least that is the case at both Yorkdale Central and Columbia schools where gaga pits have been installed in the playgrounds.

The Yorkton and District Nursing Home has a series of new murals decorating doors and walls thanks to the efforts of a trio of local artists; Tonia Vermette, Angelina Kardynal and Stephanie Newsham.

A detailed report is forthcoming on the discovery of human remains buried on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, according to Tk’emlups te Secwépemc Chief Rosanne Casimir.

Hundreds of fans of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team gathered in front of Rogers Place in Edmonton on May 29 to support Edmonton Oilers defenceman #74 Ethan Bear and denounce racism. Bear, who is Cree from the Ochapowace Nation near Whitewood, Sask.

Welcome to the first of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’ of 2021. Like most of us I remain very much a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

Demi Lovato coming out as non-binary last week provided a helpful boost of visibility for younger people often exploring their gender identity with few role models to look up to, advocates say.

For the past two weeks this column has delved rather deeply into the classic game of Xiangqi thanks largely to the cooperation of Jim Png the man behind www.xqinenglish.com , and his willingness to talk about the game.