Yorkton News Review - Archive

Ed, my neighbor next door, just hit one of those black weeks when feeling lousy kept getting worse. It was a nasty virus that came out of nowhere and drop-kicked Ed in the head, throat and lungs.

Now that spring has finally arrived and the prospect of a beautiful summer lies ahead, the Saskatchewan Trails Association (STA) has announced that Saskatchewan Trails Day will be held on June 1 in communities all across the province.

As a parent, I have no idea how these people will ever be able to live with themselves after something like this.

One game short. One goal short.

To the Editor: To the Four Factors of Production - Land, Labour, Capital and Management - Government must now be added as a Fifth.

To the Editor: According to recent polling by the Canadian Red Cross, nearly one in 10 Canadians have been subject to an evacuation order due to a disaster. Disasters can strike at any time, without warning.

Local awards handed out

I have retained precisely two things from my introduction to geology class. One, glaciers are like bank accounts. Two, flood planes are for floods, not houses.

A joint drug investigation between the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Unit, Yorkton Provincial General Investigation Section, Yorkton Rural RCMP and Yorkton Traffic Services has wrapped up with drug charges being laid against a Yorkton resident.

From its inception, the goal of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has been to fill a genuine and acute labour need here in Canada.