Yorkton News Review - Archive

RCMP ON SLEDS On March 9, 2015 at approximately 11:00 a.m., Melville/Ituna RCMP received a complaint of a theft of six cartons of cigarettes from a business in Ituna, Saskatchewan.

The Mosaic Company has announced it will invest an additional $1.7 billion CAD into further developing its K3 potash mine project at Esterhazy, SK.

On March 4, members of the Yorkton Municipal RCMP along with Yorkton Provincial GIS and the Yorkton Police Dog Section initiated an investigation into an individual trafficking marihuana in the City of Yorkton.

Weather permitting, winter weights will remain in effect for much of central and northern Saskatchewan until March 15 when they are removed by legislation.

The concept of crop rotations has fallen out of favor lately, whether it’s due to economics, lovely Mother Nature, or logistics in the busy season.

As we welcome springtime temperatures, homeowners should be aware of the risks that melting snow and ice can have on their homes, especially to roofs and basements.

Cooking competition shows are extremely popular and have taken the TV airwaves by storm. A large extent of the programming on Food Network Canada is a great reflection of this reality movement in viewing entertainment.

Access to physician care continues to improve for residents in communities all across Saskatchewan. A new family physician is now practising in Kamsack, thanks to the Sask­atchewan International Physician Practice Assessment (SIPPA) program. Dr.

Deputy Premier Ken Krawetz announced that the Saskatchewan-Ukraine Relations Advisory Committee (SURAC) will be extended until 2018.

Canadians are getting wise to fraud, but dropping one’s guard is never wise, for fraudsters are constantly finding new (and often devastating) ways of tricking people out of their hard-earned money. That’s why Fraud Prevention Month is so important.