Yorkton This Week

Food is cheap. So cheap, it’s hurting the planet. Food systems — the paths meals take from farm to fork and beyond — are among the largest anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs).

Third title recently released

It's been six months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Since then, millions of people across the world have caught SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the disease.

“We’ll work till Jesus comes,” my father loved to sing. It’s taken me decades to learn that life’s hardest work, as well as its greatest pleasure, is learning to truly live it, no matter the season.

An outdoor Farmers Market/Sidwalk Sale was held at Saltcoats Saturday. The event attracted more than 25 vendors selling a range of things from garden produce, to baking, jams and jellies, crafts, jewelry and more.

Ranchers team with federal and provincial governments

A look at how the crop is taken in

The Yorkton Lions’ School for mentally challenged students on Independent Street, had its official opening on October 12, 1960. Mayor William Fichtner was in attendance (left by the door) for the ribbon cutting.

Terry Boehm has breathed a sigh of relief. The Canadian Seed Growers’ Association , which represents 3,500 seed growers across Canada, voted against a proposed merger with four other seed industry organizations.

A second season of a television series that features battles Indigenous people fought, sometimes amongst themselves, will begin later this month.