Yorkton This Week

In terms of crop development canola really is not that old. The crop was born out of rapeseed as recently as the 1970s, and rapeseed itself was really not grown in this country until 1942.

As spring seeding gets underway, four participants from Parkland College's Introduction to Farm Hand course are ready to put their learning to work. The course, delivered over three Saturdays (Apr. 17, Apr.

The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley) has launched a new tool to help Saskatchewan barley farmers keep up to date with the latest information related to growing and marketing their barley crops.

As it seems the winter weather has passed, Yorkton residents can once again enjoy the outdoors, including golf. Last week, Deer Park opened up its course to the public, with many residents ready to grab their clubs and hitting the course.

Additional 10,195 doses of COVID-19 vaccine given

A Yorkton native has received recognition for his play on the golf course. Kade Johnson, who is currently a senior at the University of South Arkansas, was named the Great American Conference (GAC) Male Golfer of the Year. “It’s a pretty cool honour.

Seeding is underway in Saskatchewan, with nine per cent of the 2021 crop now in the ground. This is ahead of the five-year average (2016-2020) of six per cent for this time of year.

With schools closed for large chunks of the past year and specific exposure to COVID-19 sending children home intermittently even when they are open, it has fallen largely to their mothers to pick up the additional child-care duties.

It's always interesting to have a chance to talk a sport you enjoy with someone who was once as good at the game as anyone in his country.

It was another bad week for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, but things may be looking up on a couple economic fronts.