Yorkton This Week

The Saskatchewan Rattlers fell rather short in terms of defending their Canadian Elite Basketball League title. The Rattlers were the lone team among the seven not making the playoffs following the Summer Series round robin. “I think we played well.

Pride is a chance for the LGTBQ2+ community and the larger community around them to come together in an event that promotes inclusion, acceptance, diversity and love. This year’s Yorkton Pride Week runs from Aug. 23-30.

There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 20, bringing the total to 1,590 total cases. The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (1) and South Central (3) zones. Of the 1,590 reported cases, 149 are considered active.

I recently watched a monologue for a guest host of a late night talk show. I haven’t actually watched any since the beginning of the pandemic, so I had not quite experienced how they had changed over the past year. Superficially, they hadn’t changed.

Warm temperatures have continued to rapidly develop and ripen crops, with some reports of premature ripening.

The area around the Yorkton Brick Flour Mill is getting improvements and upgrades, and Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society hosted a raking bee to help get the site ready to become a green space.

It’s always good when you discover a new game and become excited by it before ever playing it. Typically, that is the case with new abstract strategy games, deck builders, and especially skirmish level miniatures games.

There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 19, bringing the total to 1,586 total cases. The new cases are located in the North West (2) and South West (2) zones. Of the 1,586 reported cases, 154 are considered active.

On August 17, 2020 at approximately 8:12 p.m., Yorkton RCMP responded to a report of an adult male pedestrian who had been struck by a train near Betts Avenue in the City of Yorkton, SK.

Yorkton Crossing residents might not be able to go to the farmer’s market lately, but that doesn’t mean the farmer’s market can’t come to them.