Yorkton News Review - Archive

It's a worthwhile event and this year it will be happening in Yorkton. The Canadian Cancer Society has announced it will be holding its first ever Relay for Life event in Yorkton on June 24, 2011 at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre.

Ed, my neighbor next door, is pretty emotionally tough. He claims when he was a kid, he shed no tears when Bambi's mother was shot in the movie.

Contract talks break off

The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure is getting started on next year's work, with the release of Phase 1 of highway construction tenders for the 2011 construction season.

Let's face it, if it were yourself, a family member or a dear friend who needed the procedure, you too would no doubt be just as happy as one Estevan family is following a recent phone call they received from the provincial government.

A new piece of legislation introduced by this government aims to protect children from adult sexual predators.

Kee's Taekwondo, York-ton hosted the 13th annual Prairie Wildfire Invitational Taekwondo Challenge at the Gal-lagher Centre Flexihall Saturday. Master Wayne Mitchell of Kees Yorkton says the tournament was successful.

Given that it's cold, people will be inevitably casting their eyes southward looking at a vacation. Inevitably, they will be flying and as a result, some will have to deal with the US TSA's new, more elaborate enhanced security.

A new Chamber Board is in place and ready for the upcoming year. President of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Lawrence Wegner, has announced the results of the recent election for eight positions on the Chamber's Board of Directors.

Yorkdale Central School hosted an elementary volleyball Tournament for both boys and girls over the weekend with the four boys' teams playing at Yorkdale while the eight girls' teams played at the Yorkton Regional High School (YRHS).