Yorkton News Review - Archive

One of the best Bantam AA teams in the province, the Yorkton UCT Bantam AA Terriers knew they would be in an unfamiliar place in the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League South Division Finals going up against Balgonie's Prairie Storm.

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According to BlackRock, the average investor underperforms virtually all other traditional asset classes and even inflation. When comparing 20-year annualized returns by asset class, the average investor rings in at 2.

The dogs of Yorkton could be getting a new place to run and play. An off-leash dog park is in the works and interested community members attended an information meeting to see current plans and what needs to be done to take the concept to reality.

Ballyhooley is a celebration of Irish song and dance, and it's coming to the Painted Hand Casino on March 15. Saskatchewan singer Eileen Laverty says the show is bringing together the Celtic roots of the province's music scene.

It's high time we stop labelling people and start treating PEOPLE as PEOPLE - PERIOD. Whether we are black, white, yellow, red, Hispanic, English, German or Muslim, in the end we are ALL just people - end of story.

Over the weekend I was impressed by the work put into the Parkland Outdoor Show and Expo. Most of that was focused on the large, obvious highlights - a great show layout, well chosen speakers and a focused approach to bringing in relevant exhibitors.

There is a lively environmental debate over the provincial government's green light to the construction of a smelter near Langham. The broader question is the unwitting involvement of ordinary taxpayers.

To the Editor: Central Butte will be celebrating 100 years - July 25-27, 2014. We are planning a weekend of visiting and entertainment for all ages.

After being the third on Canada's first Gold medal winning women's curling team since the 1998 Nagano Winter Games, Olympic champion Kaitlyn Lawes visited Yorkton on part of her tour with Canadian Tire to take pictures and autographs with the fans of