Yorkton This Week

Drs. Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng and Golam Kabir, with the Faculty of Engineering, have joined forces with the City of Regina to examine how the pandemic has affected the city’s garbage stream and to develop an improved waste generation model.

Necessity is the mother of invention, so goes the oft-used cliché. Yet, the old adage proves true in Saskatchewan. Bitter cold, sweltering sun and winds strong enough to tear through sturdy brick churches — the climate here demands invention.

When it comes to art Robin and Glenn Falkowski like to dig out a cutting torch and welder and get to work creating metal designs. The couple operate on a acreage northwest of the city, although Robin is a relative newcomer to the area.

(ANNews) – Below ground level, the nîpisîy mistik (willow tree) unites all roots systems as it holds hands in unity with all its relations on okâwîmâwaskiy.

The World Health Organization has declared antimicrobial resistance one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. The cost to human health and to national economies and health-care systems is enormous.

December 22, 2020 – The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) sees potential in the federal government’s proposed rules for the Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) released late last week.

Estela Aguilar Chow says Christmas is the happiest holiday in the Philippines. Chow is an owner of the Lady Luck Restaurant and Convenience Store in Timmins.

Mississauga might soon be wrapping a late Christmas gift for skaters.

On behalf of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society, I’d like to wish all of you a peaceful and blessed Christmas, and every good thing in the coming year.

Growing up, no doubt you were told that if you weren’t good all year, you’d get either nothing for Christmas from Santa Claus, or perhaps you’d luck out and get a lump of coal in your stocking.