Yorkton News Review - Archive

To the Editor: One can only wonder why Minister Blackburn and his staff are going through such exorbitant expense of an eight city, cross-country tour considering the press-release stated reasons the journey has been designed to highlight.

Toronto-based singer-songwriter Rob Moir is at the beginning of his solo career, and is making a departure from the music he's done in the past. Now touring with "This is the Lie," his debut EP, Moir will be in Yorkton at the 5th Ave.

The Yorkton Harvest came off one of their toughest weeks so far this season with three losses in three outings. The Harvest outshot the visiting Regina Pat Canadians 40-30 at the Farrell Agencies Arena Thursday night.

In spite of new technology and different approaches to the crime, car theft is still a major issue across the country. Constable Darryl Morgan was recently in the province to discuss auto theft and the damage it causes.

Consistency appears to be a little hard to come by for the Yorkton Terriers in the new year as they've watched their conference lead shrink to two points.

Whether or not to grow genetically modified (GM) canola is still a big issue in Australia, whereas in Canada, the genie has been out of the bottle for a long time.

$7 million allocated to projects across the province

The Yorkton Sweeney's Selects team hosted the ASCICS Cup 1 for under 18 women over the recent weekend. Brent Brown, coach of the Selects, says he's put together a formidable team of players from Yorkton, Melville. and Canora.

Members from the Yorkton City RCMP Detachment are currently investigating an assault with weapon incident which occurred January 24 around 9:15 p.

Giving is good medicine. The Breast Friends group along with Harry Abtosway recently joined together to donate $6,696 for the purchase of a Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) pain medication infusion pump for the Sunrise Health Region.