Yorkton This Week

Eighteen are in hospital

Sask. Party leader discusses on rural issues including hospitals, connectivity, and water

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in rural health care that the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) believes need to be addressed by the next provincial government following the Oct. 26, election.

The influenza vaccine is available to Saskatchewan residents today, October 19, 2020. The Government of Saskatchewan is encouraging everyone to get their flu shot this season to help prevent the spread of influenza.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public of potential exposure to COVID-19 at the following businesses where a person or persons attended while likely infectious: Esterhazy October 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 Underground Fitness, 30

Seeks to pull out of regional body

The Yorkton Lady Gridders travelled to Estevan to face the Viragos Saturday and the veteran squad improved to 2-0 on the season with a win over the first-year Viragos team by a score of 65-6.

On Oct. 15, the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit North and officers from the Ahtahkakoop RCMP Detachment attended the scene of a suspicious sudden death at a rural property approximately 32 kilometres north of Shellbrook, SK, along Highway 240.

Moosomin Communiplex was awarded $25,200 by Red River Mutual’s Spruce Up Your Story Initiative.

A federal environmental assessment of a proposed trade deal between Canada and the Mercosur countries ignores major environmental and human rights violations in Brazil, environmental advocates say.