Yorkton This Week

On April 23, 2020, shortly after 6 p.m., Ile a la Crosse RCMP received a report of a female youth being held against her will for the past four days in a cabin across Ile a La Crosse Lake, approximately 10 km from the the village of Isle La Crosse.

Dog dies in incident

Ten more recoveries, five in hospital

Last week I started my top-10 list for sports happenings over my lifetime, or about the last 50-years, with an eye to the good news ones, since we have enough negativity these days without remembering the 13th man debacle.

Aaron Kienle and his son Derek were out doing some road clean-up this week to mark Earth Day April 22. Aaron said it is something he and his family have been doing for a number of years.

Punnichy RCMP

Applications for Cameco’s COVID-19 relief fund surpassed the $1-million mark in the first 24 hours, but you can still apply. The uranium giant will be taking fund applications for groups in Saskatoon and northern Saskatchewan until midnight April 28.

The federal and provincial governments have agreed to increase the 2020 AgriStability interim benefit payment percentage from 50 per cent to 75 per cent for Saskatchewan producers.

The Saskatchewan Provincial Parks Campsite Reservation Launch is set to begin May 4, 2020, with a camping start date of June 1, 2020.

The Saskatchewan Teacher's Federation (STF)is hearing from membership about the difficulties with education technology delivery in the wake of schools closing because of the COVID-19 pandemic.