Yorkton This Week

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American wide receiver Artavis Scott. Scott (5’11-195lbs) joins the Roughriders after signing with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent following the 2017 NFL Draft.

More than a dozen community airports have benefited from the Community Airport Partnership in the last year. The Government of Saskatchewan contributed a record $1.5 million to improvements at 15 community airports in the 2020-21 Budget.

Ray Beck has seen the damage wild pigs can do when left unchecked. Beck, a roughly 20-year rural municipality pest control veteran, says he’s seen wild boars ruin a nine-hole golf course “basically overnight” on a visit to Texas.

Is Avril Lavigne dad rock? The “Now That’s What I Call…” series of music compilations seems to think it is, putting the song Complicated in the mix with ZZ Top and Steppenwolf.

Premier Scott Moe has been talking tough in the COVID-19. Some of this tough talk was necessary. But other times, it was little more than talk that won’t change much at all.

Legacy Co-op celebrated the official grand opening of its Yorkton Liquor Store held on January 21, 2021. This is Legacy's first liquor store in the region.

There were 429 administered doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 34,615. As of January 27, 106 per cent of the doses received have been administered.

Regina– Three more weeks. That’s the length of the most recent extension of public health orders in Saskatchewan meant to limit the spread of COVID-19. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement from the Legislature in Regina on Jan.

Regina– New Democratic Party Leader Ryan Meili says we are now dealing with the results of not implementing a COVID-19 “circuit breaker” in November, and that the province has not taken full advantage of federal relief funds.

Today, Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty and Premier Scott Moe announced plans to construct a permanent, public monument at Government House in Regina to honour those who suffered, and those who continue to suffer, the impact of the residential school