Yorkton News Review - Archive

To the Editor: Bit by bit, the Harper "Cons" continue to "con" the Canadian public by slyly dismantling or reducing to minimal, the core practices of our essential, traditional stat-utes.

The seventh annual Kam-busters Racing Association's Prairie Thunder Drag Races, held at the Yorkton airport climaxed the Yorkton motorsport weekend.

The Riders weren't the only ones to emerge victorious from Mosaic Stadium on Saturday. Yorkton took one step closer to winning Riderville honours as the city's bid was announced as a finalist during the Riders-Eskimos game.

The flood damage in the Yorkton area has been wide ranging, and one of the facilities affected is the Yorkton Regional High School (YRHS).

The Parkland Racing Association continued with their 2010 season on July 10 at the Yellowhead Inter-national Speedway. The winners from the races were: Thunder Stock Heat Races - Heat 1: Caylee Hiebert, 7. Heat 2: Garth Dickey, 98.

The new iPhone has a flaw. It's a pretty simple one, the antenna is placed in such a way that it's easy to touch it and drop calls. It's also easy to fix, cover the antenna, so you can't touch it and accidentally lose reception.

Hypertension, defined as high blood pressure greater than 140 over 90, is a growing and preventable condition many Canadians should be aware of.

A bylaw change has allowed a new apartment development to take place. The R-3 zoning bylaw no. 14/2003 previously allowed for a maximum building height of 12.3 meters, or three storeys.

They came painstakingly close to a three-peat but, in the end, it wasn't to be. The Yorkton Bulldogs fell 9-6 on Sunday in the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League's Tier II Championship to the Saskatoon Steelers.

Another year has wrapped up for students and staff at St. Paul's School in Yorkton. The school, recently held its year-end Mass and Academic Awards were event.