Yorkton This Week

Yorkton’s Larry Pearen is the recipient of the 2020 Saskatchewan Band Association (SBA) Lifetime Member Award. The award signifies long-term, outstanding contribution to the development of band in the province.

Around 11:30 a.m. March 19, Indian Head RCMP responded to a complaint of a two-vehicle collision on grid 606, north of the community of Montmarte.

Regina – As Saskatchewan moves into Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccination plan on March 18, nearly all the talk, to date, has been about getting shots into the arms of adults, particularly the elderly first.

Additional 6,867 doses of COVID-19 vaccine given in province

A local group donated to the Yorkton Regional Hospital to help families to have suffered a perinatal loss. The Our Little Angels Perinatal Loss Group in Yorkton donated close to 50 packages to the YRHC maternity ward and emergency room.

The University of Manitoba is planning a phased-in reopening of its campus to students and staff, starting this fall, in anticipation of a “full return” to face-to-face operations in early 2022.

A Meota man charged with killing his wife made his first court appearance March 19. Michael MacKay, 39, appeared by telephone in North Battleford Provincial Court.

The federal government wants to plant the seed of an open air climate change laboratory on Saskatchewan farmland.

After a lengthy investigation, Prince Albert General Investigation Section (PA GIS) has charged an adult female in relation to a fatal hit and run.

When it comes to sports rugby is second on my personal list of preferred sports to watch, just a smidge behind box lacrosse, and an inch ahead of the Canadian Football League.