Yorkton This Week

Tourney attracts competitors from Saskatoon to Brandon

There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on October 4, bringing the total to 1,959 reported cases. The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (1), Central East (1), Regina (1) and South East (2) zones.

Recently, Agriculture Minister David Marit proclaimed October 4 to 10, as Animal Health Week in Saskatchewan.

You just have to love games that come in small, pocket-sized tins. The simple fact that they are pop in a pocket and go they can be played on office coffee breaks, Saturday afternoon coffeehouse visits, taken on vacation etc.

These days I often have the privilege of sharing the drive to and from work with my grandson, a beginning driver with his first regular paying job. I love our conversations on those trips, and grab every opportunity I have to know him better.

SASKATOON – BASF Agricultural Solutions has pledged $100,000 towards the advancement of a new world-class breeding facility at the Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) in Saskatoon.

Prince Rupert has a long and storied history in the seafood industry, once home to large-scale commercial fishing operations, canneries and processing plants. But much of that history is just that — history.

When a global pandemic closes down the entire world and postpones or cancels events, what is a young up-and -coming MMA fighter to do to stay fit and sharp? In the case of 19-year-old Zach Gehl from Esterhazey, you train up to break the world record

Driving south from Moosomin on Highway 8 one can see the canola and wheat being harvested. The landscape has changed from the green and yellow of July to a golden brown.

Griffin’s Cure By J.C. Paulson Published by Joanne Paulson Review by Michelle Shaw $20 ISBN 9780995975668 A brilliant scientist lies dead in his laboratory at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan.