Yorkton This Week

As province marks Tourism Week

Things will look at a little nicer at the old brick mill in Yorkton after the weekend efforts of Gene and Gladys Krepakevich. The pair were out filling the planters with flowers for the summer.

The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed May 24 to 30 as Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week to raise awareness of the threat of invasive species to our province’s waterbodies.

Seed treatments are an effective integrated pest management strategy for flea beetles, the most costly insect pest of canola in Canada.

As of May 24, 2020, Saskatchewan has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 632. The two new cases are in the Far North. Of the 632 reported cases, 87 are considered active.

There are an entire gaming trunk full of games which come down to getting a desired number of pieces in a row, Pente perhaps being one of the better known.

When selling Hope House, our home in Tinytown, as I often called Ebenezer, I enjoyed the opportunity to walk the prospective buyer through the yard in which the Preacher and I (mainly the Preacher) have worked so hard for the last decade.

Loss of Indigenous Eden and the Fall of Spirituality by Blair Stonechild Published by University of Regina Press Review by Shelley A. Leedahl $32.

Schools throughout Saskatchewan have been out since March 20 due to Covid-19. With school boards across the province shifting to remote learning methods, predominantly online programming, it’s been an adjustment for all involved.

Here’s the latest news from the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society.