Yorkton News Review - Archive

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced it is increasing the province's minimum wage from $10 to $10.20 per hour effective October 1, 2014 and will soon introduce regulations to provide for regular indexing of the minimum wage each year.

Ed, my neighbor next door, has no patience for athletes who do not perform well. Word that the New York Yankees have made a $175 million dollar investment, in Japanese pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, has Ed both impressed and depressed.

Local opportunities to improve infrastructure

The preliminary results are in and another exciting event has been planned. The Yorkton Film Festival has announced its nominees for the 2014 year.

Submitted by Carol Olsen Show of hands! Who is tired of winter!? Residents of Good Spirit Acres are anxiously waiting for the bridge on highway 229 to be finished. This bridge will be raised to assist water flow and prevent flooding.

To the Editor: We often contribute to the better well-being of other people in the world. This was true with fair trade coffee and is more and more true with other fair trade consumer goods, such as chocolate.

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? At a time when the province is growing at record paces, jobs are plentiful and opportunities lie around every corner.

New centre slated for Yorkton

The aim is to keep Saskatchewan health care public and if a unified CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) has anything to do with it, that will be the case.

Alcohol and train tracks apparently don't mix. Following a Yorkton accident over the weekend a man is lucky to be alive after being struck by a train.