Yorkton This Week

Yorkton's Threshermen's Show included

For almost two months, Barry Carriere and his four young children have found refuge from the pandemic on a secluded trapline nestled in the north of Saskatchewan.

Homelessness among single members of the Big River First Nation has prompted the community to invest high hopes in tiny homes.

The Government of Saskatchewan is proclaiming May 11-15 as Sexual Assault Awareness Week and committing to new initiatives to reduce sexual violence and increase support to victims and survivors.

The Grandstand has been the host to a wide range of events in the City of Yorkton. One of the unique ones took place in 1967, as Yorkton hosted the Centennial Balloon race.

As the province continues with its Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan and attempting to move past the COVID-19 pandemic, Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre has called on the federal government for further, substantial help for Saskatchewan’s oil and g

As of May 10, 2020, Saskatchewan has 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 564. Nine of the new cases are in the Far North (three in the La Loche area) and two are in the North.

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Some people, during the isolation phase of the pandemic, have accomplished considerable worthwhile things. Friends have painted the entire inside of their homes. Some have made quilts or scrapbooks for each child.

Researchers used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to identify a previously unrecognized family of enzymes that put us at risk for deadly diseases.