Yorkton News Review - Archive

Nominations are now being accepted for eight Directors to serve on the 2015 Board of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce.

To the Editor: Despite a decline in the crime rate, crime cost Canadians $85 billion in 2009 (the latest year with comprehensive data) including $47 billion incurred by crime victims, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an indep

An investigation into the causes of fires and the procurement practices surrounding Sask-Power's smart meter program has concluded that customer safety was not given a high enough priority by SaskPower.

Eye injuries are preventable, and the CNIB is working with WorkSafe Saskatchewan to get people to place a priority on taking care of their eyes. They were recently at YRHS to talk to students about the importance of protecting their eyes overall.

To the Editor: According to a report by The Conference Board of Canada, getting just 10 per cent of Canadian adults to sit less and move more would reduce Canada's health care costs by $2.6 billion and inject $7.

The Yorkton Film Festival is proud to announce the continuation of our OPEN Cinema program for the 2014 - 2015 Screening Year. Join us at the Yorkton Public Library as we open up the film vaults and bring out some of the best.

Since the 1960's government workers in many cases have received advantageous pension plans. It was the thing to do at the time and now decades later, the shortfalls are taking their toll.

CAA Saskatchewan would like to remind all trick-or-treaters and drivers to stay alert and be safe this Halloween.

Ed, my neighbor next door, and I had a brief chat about humility last week. Humbleness, in Ed's view, means weakness, being too concerned with the opinions of others.

To the Editor: According to international law, the systematic murders of Christians, Kurds, Shia, and "heretic" Sunnis by the Islamic State are genocidal acts. Western countries have tolerated genocide in the recent past - in Rwanda, for example.