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Editorial - Projects need green light from Council

Editorial - Projects need green light from Council

Yorkton Council had two interesting proposals to discuss Monday at its regular meeting.
Area 15U AAA baseball team tops loop

Area 15U AAA baseball team tops loop

It was a great final weekend for the 15U AAA East Central Mils baseball teams. The Mils, a team made up of players from a number of area communities, faced the 15U AAA Moose Jaw Canucks in one Semi-Final Saturday in Balcarres.
New pilot for Women Shifting Gears Program

New pilot for Women Shifting Gears Program

Today, the Government Saskatchewan announced Women Shifting Gears, a new pilot program for women who want training to become transport drivers.
Life membership awarded by local Lions

Life membership awarded by local Lions

Vern Brown has been presented with a Life Membership by the Yorkton Lions Club. Brown has been a member of the local club for the past 53-years. The presentation was made Monday.
Sask Rush prepare for unusual NLL draft

Sask Rush prepare for unusual NLL draft

Saskatoon, SK - A pandemic. Pending free agency. Future expansion. Nothing like a monkey wrench, or two, or three, to be thrown into planning for the annual NLL Entry Draft.
Potential COVID-19 in businesses in Foam Lake and Wynyard

Potential COVID-19 in businesses in Foam Lake and Wynyard

Saskatchewan Hea​​lth Authority is notifying the public that an individual who tested COVID-19 positive visited the following businesses in Foam Lake and Wynyard when the individual was likely infectious on the following dates: Foam L​ake Husky ​Sept
CBRC commits $2.7 million to USask CDC barley breeding activities

CBRC commits $2.7 million to USask CDC barley breeding activities

The Canadian Barley Research Coalition (CBRC) announced today it will invest $2.
COVID-19 causes major debt for Terriers

COVID-19 causes major debt for Terriers

The Yorkton Terriers, and the other teams in the SJHL, are sitting in limbo. Since COVID-19 caused the early end of the 2019-20 season, the team has been unable to host many of their traditional fundraisers, and now sits with a major money problem.
Ten new COVID-19 cases reported in Sask. today

Ten new COVID-19 cases reported in Sask. today

Two in Central East region
Startup company weeds out invasive species

Startup company weeds out invasive species

Daryl Wright grabbed a machete and hacked at a wall of an invasive reed called phragmites growing as high as 15 feet. The job was one of the highlights of his summer since completing his Master’s thesis on invasive plants on Indigenous lands.
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