Yorkton This Week

The idea of farms being a source of energy is hardly a new one. Ethanol produced from farm grains was thought not so long ago to be the answer to high crude oil prices and to low grain prices for producers.

An old-fashioned harvesting bee was held on the farm of the late Strutynski near Wroxton Thursday.

Regina – On Sept. 23, NDP Leader Ryan Meili targeted political party finance reform in the run-up to this fall’s election. Meili spoke of “the need to get big money out of Saskatchewan politics.

Shipments of Canadian grain through the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway are up 20 per cent, bolstering Ontario ports, new figures show. Canadian grain continues to be the saving grace for marine commerce along the Great Lakes-St.

In global shift to monoculture crops and tree plantations

Lighthouse Labs and Saskatchewan Polytechnic, with the assistance of Innovation Saskatchewan, have entered into a partnership that will benefit Saskatchewan’s technology sector.

The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan are signing a letter of commitment with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) promising to address death by suicide among Indigenous youth as a priority.

Yorkton Tourism sees it as positive to sector

Quinn Haider has become the final current member of Yorkton Council to declare his intentions regarding the upcoming municipal election in November.

Sets up race for City's top spot