Yorkton News Review - Archive

Every bit of transparency we can bring to the table when it comes to care homes in the province is a good thing.

To the Editor: The debate rages on about how the Government should best provide care to the seniors of our province.

The Green Party of Saskatchewan (GPS) is alarmed that we are now into April and the Grain Backlog Crisis in Rural Saskatchewan continues. The federal government's proposed solution to end the backlog is not adequate.

At 8:43 p.m. on Sunday April 13, 2014 Battlefords Rural RCMP responded to a complaint of an escaped prisoner. Joseph Simon Peter YAREMKO, 32 years of age, escaped from the Saskatchewan Hospital located near North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

In December 2013, the victim provided investigators a detailed statement during which she revealed that she was the victim of sexual assaults that occurred during the summer of 1982.

Yorkton's downtown businesses are stepping up in support of each other to boost interest in downtown shopping and atmosphere.

Yorkton's business sector gathered in the city last Wednesday evening to pay tribute to the best of the best at a sold out Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Celebrate Success event.

To the Editor: The Board of the New Horisons Senior Citizens Centre of Yorkton Inc. would like to express sincere thanks to a couple of granting agencies for their recent assistance in providing funds to help in renovating the local hall.

Medicine has been an important part of any community, especially in the early days when hospitals were few and far between in the west, and it was up to area doctors to handle everything that was thrown at them over the course of a day's work.

Impaired driving is still a major cause of death and injury among the province's young people, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) wants to reach students and educate them on the danger.