Yorkton News Review - Archive

RCMP in Yorkton have formally charged the following adult male with 1st degree murder in relation to the homicide of 50 year old Yorkton resident, Jimmy Ray WIEBE: Kyle Braeden FURNESS, aged 20, from Yorkton, SK.

Outlook doesn't look good

The Sunrise Regional Health Authority approved a 2011-2012 budget of just over $203.3 million last Wednesday. The Region has budgeted for a surplus of just over $1.8 million to be used for mortgage and loan repayments as well.

Twenty-nine individuals were recently honored for dedication and among them was Yorkton's Constable Hans Thiessen of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Corrections, Public Safety and Policing Minister D.F.

The Western Major Baseball League (WMBL) Yorkton Cardinals snapped a four game losing slump last week with a their third win of the current season.

Forty high school graduates - including one from Yorkton - were recently awarded $1,000 each from the Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship (SYA) Industry Scholarship Program to provide assistance as they embark on careers in the skilled trades.

Sask. Government Insurance (SGI) reminds all motorcycle riders with a learner's licence (Endorsement 6) that the Motorcycle Graduated Driver's Licensing (MGDL) program began June 18.

So far in the war in Afghanistan, 156 Canadian soldiers, sailors and air crew have lost their lives while serving.

As young people in Saskatchewan begin to look for summer employment, the government of Saskatchewan is reminding them to keep one thing in mind - they need to make completing the Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course (YWRCC) part of their job hun

One of the newest and possibly youngest local owners of a harness racing horse which runs at the Cornerstone Raceway in Yorkton, 16 year-old Samantha Tamblyn, owns half of Sophio Hanover in partnership with Debra McInnes.