Yorkton News Review - Archive

With the new school year underway, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection wants parents to put something on their checklist besides the usual stationary supplies required by students.

According to the province's weekly crop update, significant harvest progress was made this week due to warm and dry weather.

Visitors to Duck Mountain Provincial Park northeast of Yorkton can now expect a smoother road trip thanks to $1 million of paving on Highway 57.

After a successful youth career with the Yorkton United Football Club and a hard year on the UBCO practice roster, Brandon McCallum's efforts have paid off with a spot on the UBCO Heat's 2012-13 roster for its upcoming soccer season.

The Sunflower Arts and Craft sale was just a small show in 1979, starting on the grounds of the old Victoria school. Since then it has grown into an event that fills the Gallagher Centre with a wide variety of different artists and artisans.

A while ago, someone noticed that in Russia, there is a pattern in the hair of their leaders. The pattern alternates between bald leaders, and those who have hair, and it has gone back and forth since the 19th century.

Another busy week in the world of sports means the second of what is sure to be many winter installments of Ruttig's Rants: Rapid Fire Edition is on its way.

It's about streamlining, it's about improving processes and procedures and bottom, line, it's about improving the lives of Saskatchewan residents.

To the Editor: The weather's beginning to cool off and vacation time is slowly coming to an end, which only means one thing: it must be back-to-school time.

To the Editor: Well, I certainly got that wrong. On the subject of Mitt Romney's likely running mate, I had previously speculated on three possibilities. Paul Ryan wasn't one of them.