Yorkton This Week

The wind was brisk Saturday afternoon in the city. And most people in Yorkton appeared indoors as they continue self-isolating in the face of COVID-19.

As of April 4, 2020, Saskatchewan has 11 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 231 reported cases. Currently, there are four people in hospital in the province.

Churches might be locked down during the COVID-19 crisis, as people are not permitted to gather in groups of over 10 people, but local churches are finding ways to keep in touch with their congregations. Yorkton This Week spoke to Rev.

It’s difficult to be hopeful and positive these days, but perhaps if we focus on our upcoming gardens, we might be uplifted. The British poet Alfred Austin once said “ The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature.

“Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you are with me,” we read in the beloved twenty-third Psalm. In these fear-heavy days, God still walks and talks with us. And when some of us sicken, and some die, he is there too.

To lead new CIHR Indigenous health research networks to address health disparities

Flooding not anticipated

Today the Government of Canada announced that notification has been provided to the U.S.

The economic cost of COVID-19 is hitting northern Saskatchewan — causing closures and lost jobs. Cameco’s shutdown of the Cigar Lake mine, combined with that of partner company Orano Canada’s McClean Lake mill, are now taking place.

“Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin’.” If you find yourself following the lyrics from the theme song for Smokey and the Bandit and heading eastward, expect to stop at a highway checkpoint established at the Saskatchewan/Manitoba border.