Yorkton This Week

The list of major events postponed due to COVID-19 continues to grow, and the 2020 Canadian Student Leadership Conference has been added to it.

Yorkton Mayor Bob Maloney took to the internet to give the City of Yorkton an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. In a livestream broadcast from City Hall, Maloney provided an update on what is happening within Yorkton.

Students have the option to continue class through online courses while schools remain closed.

Last week I hit upon some hockey movies, rarer stuff from Canada for the most part, and at the same time suggested this week it would be a few baseball movies. This of course is a terrible time for baseball fans.

Premier Scott Moe announced Wednesday during a press conference there were 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 15 more recoveries in Saskatchewan. “The physical distancing measures that we are taking together are working,” said Moe.

The Indian Head RCMP are investigating a theft that occurred at the Esso gas station in Wolseley.

It wasn’t a surprise to me that City Council held a special meeting to accept a modified tender for the City Operations Centre.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) released their health system readiness model on Wednesday during a presentation that covered varied outcomes for different levels of COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan saw its first deaths from COVID-19, making this pandemic all-too-real and all-too-close to home. It never ceases to amaze me how connected we are to events elsewhere in the world. This coronavirus pandemic has drove that point home.

It took a special meeting of Yorkton Council Friday, but the much debated and much needed City Operations Centre will finally move to the construction phase.