Yorkton This Week

There are 111 in hospital

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When the area around Good Spirit Lake caught fire on the Victoria Day weekend this year, the work of the Canora Fire Department and other surrounding departments helped save lives, but not all of the structures could be saved.

Maranda Belcourt is on the threshold of life as a homeowner. Describing herself as “half moved-in” she’s the latest recipient of a Habitat for Humanity home.

Torquay, Saskatoon – Saskatchewan geothermal power pioneer Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. (DEEP) has recently hydraulicly stimulated a horizontal geothermal well south of Torquay, something president and CEO Kirsten Marcia says is a global first.

When stores are empty there are generally calls for some sort of incentive to get businesses back into them. Incentives are not new locally, as was noted at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA)broke down where people contracted COVID-19 last week in an update posted online Tuesday. “Saskatchewan has high rates of community transmission.

Young people from around the world, frustrated at yet another delay at the primary forum for global climate action, are creating their own legal document and asking world leaders to adopt it.

An alarming spike in cases is pushing more Saskatchewan First Nations to enter community lockdowns.

Indigenous hockey pioneer Fred Sasakamoose died Tuesday afternoon. Sasakamoose was long considered the first Indigenous player to suit up for a National Hockey League squad.