Yorkton News Review - Archive

If the Wheat Board is dismantled, who should get its cash and other assets? The farmers, the federal government or both? That's the burning question these days as the latest twist in the ongoing, heated debate unfolds. Earlier this week a $15.

Fund raising campaign kicked off

To the Editor: Embarrassing himself once again with his recent letter, David Anderson (MP) says nothing factual in his recent attacks against me and other farmer-elected Directors of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB).

If you turn your radio to 100.5, there won't be very much there anymore. Yorkton's Christian radio station The Rock is now at 98.5, a new protected frequency, and with that comes an upgrade to 50,000 watts.

Thanks to a recent donation from Moose Jaw, students enrolled at Parkland College in Yorkton will now have a new tool to help them train for a career in emergency and health services.

Following their double loss to the Melville Millionaires, the Yorkton Terriers took their game on the road. The Terriers opened the three game road series at the Northern Lights Palace squaring off against the Melfort Mustangs.

The Yorkton Cross Country Ski Club opened a new season shortly before Christmas.

Yorkton Minor Hockey (YMH) hosted a 12 team Tier II Peewee hockey tournament over the weekend.

To the Editor: I read this with tears in my eyes. Our Veterans cannot get help with their DU contamination because the government states that none of them were affected by DU. And now this.

Several constituents in the Yorkton-Melville riding have recently called my office wondering what's clogging due political process in Ottawa. "We elected a majority government to get things done," they say.