Yorkton This Week

Drought conditions are continuing to put salmon and fish habitat at risk in streams and rivers on Vancouver Island. Conditions in east Vancouver Island are “very dry” and the region is experiencing a Level 3 drought, the B.C.

Kamsack hosts third leg of event

The Yorkton Pee Wee Gridders travelled to Estevan to take on the Estevan PeeWee Oilers Saturday and came out victorious with a 42-12 win over the Lions.

There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on September 20, bringing the total to 1,807 reported cases. The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (7), Regina (10) and South East (2) zones. The location of one case is pending.

As a reader I have long been a fan of ‘pulp noir’. The world of role play gaming has long been something I enjoy since being introduced to Dungeons and Dragons about a quarter of a century ago.

Food could be a key in slowing climate change — if we change everything from how it’s grown, to what rots in our fridges.

LISTOWEL – Most of the peppers, tomatoes and mint which Erik Begg uses in his award-winning Fresh Cents jalapeno sauce are grown in his Garden of Apologies at his home on the third concession just outside of Listowel.

Soon there will be another beautiful new barn quilt going up in South Grey, as the Grey County trail continues to grow. More details about that unveiling will come in the weeks ahead. Another quilt recently went up in Meaford.

Here I go again, considering birds. At the top of the weeping birch a few doors down, a flock of purple martens chatter loudly, swaying in breeze-tossed branches. Suddenly the cluster lifts off; trained synchronized flyers, speeding north.

Around 5:45 a.m. September 19, Canora RCMP responded to a complaint of a single vehicle rollover (truck) on Whitesand Drive near the community of Canora, Sask. An RCMP Collision Reconstructionist, Canora Fire and Canora EMS also attended.