Yorkton This Week

Today’s data update includes information for Dec. 28, and 29 for Sask.

Human interactions are the leading cause of untimely death among B.C.’s killer whales, a new study suggests.

When it comes to pure fun in sports few offer up bigger portions than ice cross downhill.

You don’t necessarily think of Saskatchewan as the home for a comic book based on dinosaurs yet that is exactly the case thanks to writer Brayden Martens.

SASKATOON – The first position of its kind at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and unique in the province, the Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence program at the University Library is slated to begin as a six-week pilot on Jan. 4, 2021.

UPDATE: The Saskatchewan RCMP Underwater Recovery Team located today, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the body of the 25-year-old man who went missing on the Alameda reservoir . His family and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service have been notified.

559 new cases for Dec. 25, 26 and 27, with 182 in hospital

There is always some new game that attracts a player to venture into areas of gaming they may not normally go. That is what The Transcontinental is doing for me.

Years ago, as a Christmas gift to myself, I memorized the Nativity account in Luke 2. I saw images I hadn’t seen since a child. My ears tuned to hear ecstatic praise in the night sky.

In terms of sport ice cross racing is still very much in its infancy. Red Bull staged the first official ice cross downhill race in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2001. The track was 300 meters long and it was constructed right along a series of city streets.