Yorkton News Review - Archive

May 12 to the 17th is Spring Clean Up Week in the City of Yorkton. The annual program provides local residents the opportunity to clean up their properties and dispose of waste free of charge.

By now you surely have seen the Toronto Raptors magical 2013/14 season. Maybe you started paying attention when the team started to come together after the Rudy Gay trade to overtake first place in the Atlantic Division.

The upheaval in Ukraine began with protests by people upset by the then-current political regime, and a new exhibit at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery gives the protester's perspective on those events.

Sacred Heart High School students travelled to Prince Albert April 10-11 to compete at the 16th annual Provincial Skills Competition.

To the Editor: At a meeting last week of the Regina & District Chamber of Commerce, I was asked about the single most pressing priority for Canada's economy. In my opinion, that priority is sustained and sustainable economic growth.

To the Editor: The 2004 federal-provincial health accord recently completed its 10-year run, and expired on schedule.

It's the final week in CAA Saskatchewan's Worst Roads campaign and the number of votes has steadily increased. To date, over 3,700 votes have been received, which far surpasses total votes recorded for the 2012 and 2013 Worst Roads Campaigns.

How many recipes have you seen that list water as an ingredient? A pasta sauce recipe, for example, may say to add a cup of water. How much flavour does water have? Nothing.

To the Editor: Over the past few weeks, we've been subjected to a barrage of catastrophic climate change forecasts.

If indeed this is the case, the provincial government ought to be taking a very close look to be sure Saskatchewan's own residents aren't being short changed in the quest to fill jobs and welcome newcomers.