Yorkton News Review - Archive

Meeting the needs of seniors in the community is the challenge faced by the Yorkton New Horizons.

Recently Yorkton residents were asked to take part in the Tale of a Town project. It’s an interesting exercise to be sure.

Everyone wants kids to get outside, that’s a common complaint among parents, educators, people involved in conservation efforts, really anyone involved in the outdoors in any capacity. Everyone wants young people to go outside.

The public sector in Canada (including federal, provincial and local government employees) is growing and reaching proportions not seen since the early 1990s—an era marked by large government deficits and high debt—finds a new study released today by

Dear editor, It’s expensive to be a good parent in Canada. Raising a child to age 18 is estimated to take over $230,000 — and that’s before the cost of post-secondary education. Stagnant incomes haven’t helped.

Dear editor, Over the past 20 years, the Government of Canada has spent millions of dollars sending representatives to United Nations climate change conferences.

Dear editor, The Calgary Stampede is upon us, and for horses, that means their days may be numbered. Nearly every year, horses suffer catastrophic injuries during the event.

Employment and Social Development Canada today announced the quarterly benefit amounts for Old Age Security (OAS) for July to September 2015. The maximum basic OAS pension benefit paid to people 65 years of age and older will increase by $1.

Ed, my old neighbor from Saskatchewan, told me last week that he went to a farm auction north of Lipton, SK. When he mentioned the farm and the name of the people who had the sale, I told him that I had been at that farm.