Yorkton News Review - Archive

At the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery: Landscape & Memory, June 5-24, 2016. Over 50 people, ages 7 to 96, entered our 2016 local artists exhibition! Nail art and sculpture, tattoo designs and portraits, two Eiffel Towers and 3 fabric artists.

Yorkton Minor Football wants to give youth in the city a chance to play, and their spring program has been developed as a way for youth to try out the sport or keep their skills up in the off season.

When the high schoolers have been mentored, the films screened, the industry delegates schmoozed, the lobster eaten and the shotguns shot, it all comes down to a brief moment in the spotlight late in the evening on Saturday, the crowning of the top p

Brayden Ottenbreit’s Close Cuts for Cancer again saw people lose their hair to bring in money for cancer research and programs in the province. The event raised $25,000 for cancer research with the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.

The Sunrise Health Region has managed a modest surplus for 2015-16. “The operating expenses are less than operating revenues by $2 million and change,” Suann Laurent, President and CEO of the Region told the regular Board meeting last Wednesday.

Campers at Good Spirit Lake will soon see significant improvements to campsites. The local provincial park is one of three scheduled to see electrical upgrades for campsites.

The only thing as certain as taxes is people complaining about taxes. There is good reason for complaining, not because of the basic concept of tax itself, which is necessary for a functioning, complex society.

With the giant commercial appeal of online business, we sometimes get a question about whether or not we should buy local.