Yorkton News Review - Archive

While it's easy to recycle, it's difficult to know what kind of real impact a program has on waste and the environment.

Four local families will soon be moving into new homes. A four-unit housing project for families was recently opened in the city, an initiative directed towards working parents with four or more children.

To the Editor: This calendar year seems jam-packed with special anniversaries, both glorious and sad. This week, we're marking the 95th anniversary of the historic, but costly WWI battle of Vimy Ridge, which helped establish Canadian nationhood.

Hopefully soon, housing issues will be a thing of the past in Yorkton.

The Saskatchewan Games Council has announced that Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (Potash-Corp) has contributed $50,000 in support of the 2012 Saskatchewan Summer Games which will be held in Meadow Lake, July 29 to August 1.

To the Editor: The Canadian Red Cross is celebrating National Volunteer Week thanks the more than 20,000 volunteers who deliver programs and services across the country.

The federal government has announced $9 million in new funding to expand and develop irrigation in Saskatchewan. This funding will add approximately 4,500 acres of irrigation capacity in the province.

Ed, my neighbor next door, received an Easter greeting he greatly resented this year. His relatives from Edmonton spent Easter here in Melville with him and Ruby.

Sentence handed down

To the Editor: In preparation for World War I officials at the Canadian Department of Defense decided that a newer, more modern rifle was required to better equip our military.