Yorkton This Week

Tansi. Bonjour. Hello. I’m pleased to bring you greetings on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, at this special time of year. This is a holiday season unlike any other.

The provincially mandated amount of ethanol in gasoline and biofuel content in diesel is set to rise in Manitoba. An integral part of the province’s climate plan, the required amount of ethanol in gasoline will increase Jan. 1 to 9.

A rather interesting decision is likely to come down in the coming months from Health Canada. The national organization is about to determine the fate of neonics for use by Canadian agricultural producers.

Merry Christmas to all of you who will be celebrating a very different Christmas this weekend. We all wish things could be different — and by different, we generally mean the same as we it has always had.

Christmas Eve is a unique, almost magical night for those who celebrate this holiday. There are a multitude of different family traditions for December 24th, in anticipation of Christmas Day on the 25th.

Artist Louise Hayes wasn't expecting clothing and household accessories to be the canvas for the fabric art she creates.

Demand for small turkeys has kept Raul Granucci’s phone ringing off the hook. But the butcher and manager of Windsor Quality Meats in Vancouver, B.C., has to tell them they’re out of luck — large birds are all that’s left in the cooler now.

With Health Canada’s approval of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, Saskatchewan is anticipating 4,900 doses to arrive in the province the week of December 28.

Also 159 new cases reported

The Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan has sent a 149-year-old portrait from its collection on an international journey, and it is now on long-term loan to the Waterford Art Gallery, in Waterford, Ireland, as part of a major in-house exhibition.