Yorkton This Week

The Fathers of Confederation look so self-assured as they stare out of the portrait celebrating their gathering in Charlottetown in 1864. History, they seem to say, will know their contributions to the creation of Canada.

Adapting plant labs for human testing

Rockets host finals game Saturday at 2:00 in Rhein

The regular edition of the Saturday Burgis Beach Flea Market was held under sunny skies today. Vendors included the Canora Thrift Store with lots of kids clothing. Money going to the Canora food bank.

There are 24 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 8, bringing the total to 1,433 cases. The new cases are located in the Regina (11), North Central (3), Saskatoon (3), South West (1) and South Central (5) zones.

The planned McMurray Metis cultural centre at MacDonald Island Park will include a rooftop greenhouse garden, offering a solution to Indigenous food poverty in the Wood Buffalo area while preserving Métis culture.

Due to health and other inequalities, Indigenous communities throughout the world are especially vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19, and what they are doing about it is the theme of this year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

Three summer interns in Northern Saskatchewan’s forestry industry have received a dream opportunity to blog about their involvement through the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) annual summer internships contest.

The number of bear inquiries received by Saskatchewan Environment between the months of April and July are up 14% from last year’s 525 inquiries to this year’s just over 600 inquiries.

Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan was key