Yorkton News Review - Archive

Birders from Saltcoats, Melville, Yorkton and Saskatoon, all members of The Yellowhead Flyway Birding Trail Association (YFBTA), recently spent a few hours as guests of fellow-birders Kenn and Nancy Wood.

Premier Brad Wall today has announced he will be visiting the Lieutenant-Governor late Monday afternoon to ask him to dissolve the Legislature and issue the writ of election, officially starting the campaign for the November 7 provincial election.

A new show at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery has a local twist. Alleys by Margaret Phillips is a collection of photos of Yorkton alleyways, taking in a wide swath of the local landscape.

October is Women's History Month in Canada, a time when we turn the spotlight on the history of women's human rights in our country to reflect on the value of inclusion and equality, and the importance of full citizenship.

The Yorkton Regional High School (YRHS) Junior Raiders hosted a 12 team junior boys' volleyball tournament over the weekend. The tournament was split into two pools of six teams in each pool.

According to representatives of Enterprise Saskatchewan, the province is "soaring" when it comes to the economy.

The 27th annual Saltcoats School Autumn Summit Cross Country Race Meet was run on it's usual last Friday of September at the Saltcoats Regional Park. Meet co-coordinator Dale Sidoryk reports 1,004 runners registered for the event.

To the Editor: I grew up on an 80 acre farm in central AB. I don't think I knew much about farming until I moved to my husband's 8000 acre farm in south east Saskatchewan.

The Yorkton UCT Bantam AA Terriers opened the regular season narrowly winning their home opener 2-1 over the visiting Swift Current Kabos Raiders.

To the Editor: The gap is growing! The gap is growing! The rich are getting richer. And the poor, well, they just remain poor.