Yorkton News Review - Archive

Grade 4 students at Columbia School were among students in 161 classrooms to take part in the launch of a new school resource as part of Agriculture Literacy Week in Saskatchewan.

The twinning of one of Saskatchewan’s most important highways is getting a boost with a major funding commitment from the federal government.

More and more Canadians are paying their taxes online. When you pay online, you can make your payment anytime, from anywhere! Last year, we received over six million payments from individual filers online.

Each spring, a number of ice fishing shelters are abandoned on the ice of Saskatchewan lakes. This creates identification and cleanup challenges for the province and can pose environmental concerns.

The Government of Saskatchewan has invested $24 million in 2014-15 for preventative and emergency maintenance of Saskatchewan schools. The funding includes $21 million for the Preventative Maintenance and Renewal Program (PMR) and $3.

Parkland College is now accepting applications for more than $145,000 in scholarships. These Entrance Scholarships will be awarded to new students in the fall of 2015. The 2015 Entrance Scholarship application period runs until May 20.

Twenty five nominations have been received by the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce for the two Employee of the Year Awards that will be presented later this month. Carol Yaholnitksy, Co-Chair of the Chamber’s Events committee is pleased with that number.

The Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) will receive an operating grant of $10.3 million in 2015 to operate its network.

Ed, my neighbor next door, does not take criticism well. Like most of us, he is much better at giving blame than receiving it.

To celebrate Canada’s upcoming 150th anniversary, the Royal Canadian Mint is inviting Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast to design the 5-cent, 10-cent, 25-cent, one-dollar and two-dollar coins that will circulate in 2017.