Category Archives: News
Yorkton Fire unveils new engine 'Truck Norris'
YORKTON - The City of Yorkton has officially welcomed a new fire engine into service, revealing its community-chosen name "Truck Norris" during a push-in ceremony at the Yorkton Fire Hall. The name wa...
Nov 26, 2025 Yorkton Mayor Aaron Kienle and Deputy Fire Chief Dallas D’Aoust unveil Truck Norris. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
Sask. challenges federal buyback approach with new firearms amendments
REGINA - As has been expected this session, the Sask Party government has introduced changes to The Saskatchewan Firearms Act. The amendments were introduced Tuesday in the Legislature by Minister of ...
Nov 26, 2025
Veteran tattooist still happily creating art in Yorkton
YORKTON - When it comes to creating body art locally you have to think of tattooist artist Dennis Cantello. Better known to those interested in tattoos simply as 'Driller' he has been creating body ar...
Nov 25, 2025
Yorkton councillor receives national recognition from Municipal World
YORKTON - A long-serving Yorkton city councillor is being recognized on the national stage for her decades of work in municipal leadership. Councillor Randy Goulden has earned an Honourable Mention in...
Nov 25, 2025 Currently, Councillor Goulden serves as President of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association SUMA. (Photo: Courtesy City of Yorkton)
Sask. RCMP report 175% rise in fatal crashes so far in November
REGINA - Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services is reporting a steep rise in deadly collisions this month, with 11 people killed in 11 fatal crashes between Nov. 1 and Nov. 25. The number represents a 175...
Nov 25, 2025
Mid-year financial update shows Saskatchewan moving from surplus to $427 million deficit
REGINA - Saskatchewan's mid-year financial report is projecting a $427 million deficit, a swing of $79 million deeper than the first-quarter forecast and a significant reversal from the $12 million su...
Nov 25, 2025
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Break-in at Yorkton SPCA - dog stolen
YORKTON - The question for staff at the Yorkton Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals today is literally who let the dogs out. Tuesday morning the long-running animal shelter in the city wa...
Nov 25, 2025
Swan River RCMP arrest armed man following disturbance at local hospital
Swan River RCMP have arrested a man after responding to a disturbance in the Emergency Room at the Swan Valley Health Centre on November 23. Police were called at 2:30 p.m. for a report of an unknown ...
Nov 24, 2025
Former Kamsack resident appointed to Supreme Court of British Columbia
KAMSACK - A former Kamsack resident has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Kelowna. Hon. Gregory W. Koturbash, a judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Pe...
Nov 23, 2025
Yorkton-area entrepreneurs recognized through provincial bursary program
Two young business owners from the Yorkton region have received support through Saskatchewan's Young Entrepreneur Bursary Program. The $5,000 bursary not only provides financial assistance but also gi...
Nov 21, 2025 Melissa Berkshire, representing David Chan - MLA Yorkton Constituency to the office to present $5000 cheques to Kurtis Decker, Diamond Asphalt and Kaylee Miller, Insightful Growth Pathways with Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
