Yorkton News Review - Archive

Tuesday March 4 this year is the Fat Tuesday celebration of Mardi Gras. It is the last day of the carnival season in New Orleans and always falls on the day before Ash Wednesday every year.

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games ended on Sunday morning as Team Canada won the Men's hockey Gold the country expected them to win as a fitting close to a Olympics that even in Russia felt like one that our country played a part in from beginning

Submitted Article The Yorkton Storm Swim Club (YSSC) recently attended their very first international swim meet. The club sent a record number of swimmers, 24 in total, to a swim meet in Minot, North Dakota.

Our Government recently introduced Economic Action Plan 2014 - the next step in our plan for job creation and economic growth.

It appears less Saskatchewan residents are seeing the need to travel south or west when it comes to life saving health procedures and let's hope the trend continues - not just in the larger centres of the province but for all areas, populated or not.

Call it serendipity, call it divine intervention, whatever you call it, it's a story of faith, motivation and inspiration. Originally from the Yorkton area, Brenda Schurko grew up on a farm near Willowbrook and now resides in Calgary.

Just over 80 nominations have been received for the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce 2014 Celebrate Success Business Awards event. Carol Yaholnitsky, Co-Chair of the Celebrate Success Committee says she is surprised with the number of nominations.

Boasting elite talent from the Yorkton Terriers, Melville Millionaires and Melville Blues the Parkland Valley boy's hockey team could have easily been pegged as tournament favourites heading into the 2014 Saskatchewan Winter Games based on the qualit

Maple Farm Equipment is now part of the Jim Pattison group. Canada's third largest privately held company, it has divisions in a wide range of different industries through Western Canada, but this will be the first time it has gone into agriculture.

The Assiniboine Food Security Alliance (AFSA) is about getting people to grow, and the Prairie Sun Seed Festival is a big part of that initiative.