Yorkton This Week

When it comes to the new Major League Rugby loop, which was into its third season before a COVID-19 shutdown, one team has been the shining star to-date, both in terms of on-field performance and fan support, and that has been the Seattle Seawolves.

Warm weather continued to help crops mature throughout the province. This was beneficial for many areas, but some reported premature ripening and damage from high heat.

On August 10, 11, 2020, Kamsack RCMP received reports of family goats getting killed in the RM of Norquay. Neighbors reported a suspicious white extended cab truck with a black bottom image of lightning bolt across bottom panel.

After closing in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery has reopened its doors.

A recent perusal of a well-known ag media site found stories on technologies to better seed cover crops, and machinery tech allowing for cultivation for weed control between crop rows.

2010 marked 125 years since the North West Resistance. Its commemoration is really the story of the Métis people’s transition from a buffalo hunting culture to one of settlement.

There are 27 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 13, bringing the total to 1,511 total cases. The new cases are located in the South West (18), South Central (4), Saskatoon (3) and Regina (2) regions.

On the wilds of the internet, I saw someone get incensed that the kids these days called Phil Collins’ hit In the Air Tonight ‘old music.’ They did not believe it was old music.

Shortly before 8 p.m., on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, Esterhazy RCMP were dispatched to an armed robbery in progress. An adult male and an adult female had entered a business on Kennedy Drive in Esterhazy and demanded money from the employees.

The Saskatchewan Party government has been telling us for months now that COVID-19 means a “new normal” for all us. But that “new normal” surely isn’t being applied to the re-opening of schools in this province in three weeks.