Yorkton This Week

On April 27, at approximately 4:30 a.m., White Butte RCMP responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision southeast of Pense, SK. A pickup truck travelling on a grid road left the roadway and rolled multiple times.

The Western Hockey League held its draft of Bantam-age players last week. Matthew Ronn, Captain of the AA Bantam Terriers was watching the proceedings online, congratulating players he knew as they were drafted.

The Yorkton Film Festival is pleased to announce that our second round juries have concluded and nominees can now be announced in our remaining and craft categories.

The province and the Sask. Teachers Bargaining Committee (TBC) reached a tentative agreement last Wednesday which includes a pay increase for teachers in Saskatchewan.

Premier Scott Moe announced on Monday the province has recorded the fifth death due to COVID-19, along with 11 new cases of the virus due to the outbreak in La Loche.

Time has passed and Saskatchewan continues to see impressive numbers on the COVID-19 front. With these positive numbers, the province released their new plan to reopen Saskatchewan in the coming weeks and months. This is exciting.

A Saskatchewan resident in their 80s from the Far North region has died from complications related to COVID-19. The province now has five deaths related to having been infected with the virus.

A little more than a week ago Gene Krepakevich received an unexpected email. When he opened it he found out he was one of 12 people across Saskatchewan who would be receiving a 2019 Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal.

The Other Ordinary is one of the nominees for this year’s Ruth Shaw Award for Best of Saskatchewan at the Yorkton Film Festival.

On April 26, 2020 at 9:10pm Fort Qu'Appelle RCMP were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision one kilometre east of Fort Qu'Appelle on Highway 10. A half ton truck collided with the guard rail on a bridge resulting in the truck to roll.