Yorkton This Week

In late summer the weather is completely unpredictable in northern Manitoba. One day it’s beautiful, with warm sunshine beaming down. Another, it’s miserable, with wind so strong it blows rain sideways.

The rocks fly out from beneath the tires of Angela Mak’s Ford F-150 as she cruises down the gravel road along the coast of Hudson Bay just east of Churchill. It’s a routine.

Hidden in anodyne filing cabinets scattered across the federal government’s Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa is a library of 17 million dead bugs.

SASKATOON – Helping the community where he was born, Dr. Ivar Mendez has decided to take a six-month unpaid leave as department head of surgery at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) beginning Jan 1, 2021, to provide pandemic support in Bolivia.

It’s weekend two of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League preseason and the Yorkton Hyundai Terriers are once again playing a home-and-home set with Melville. The teams played a set last weekend as well, with both games won by Yorkton.

Saskatchewan RCMP lays charges

A combination of tragic events, outrage and disagreement over conservation measures has, effectively, delivered a death sentence to orphaned polar bears cubs in the Churchill region.

Oyster farmers know grit can make for a good pearl. But shellfish farmer Victor McLaggan’s tenacity is being tested as the pandemic continues to hobble the restaurant industry, the main source of his income.

There are 76 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on October 30, 2020, bringing the total to 3,066 cases.

Had been blocked due to serious motor vehicle collision