Category Archives: Yorkton News
Three men charged in connection with death of Melinda Lynxleg after five-year RCMP investigation
Manitoba RCMP say three men have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman who disappeared five years ago. Mounties say the three also face charges of offering an indignity to the...
Oct 20, 2025 Melissa Lynxleg from Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve is shown in this undated handout photo from the Manitoba RCMP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Manitoba RCMP (Mandatory Credit)
Yorkton students recognized for promoting crosswalk and school zone safety
YORKTON - Students from Yorkton were were recognized for their leadership in keeping classmates safe during the City of Yorkton's annual CAA School Safety Patrol Installation Ceremony. Mayor Aaron Kie...
Oct 20, 2025 Yorkton Mayor Aaron Kienle talks to students from St. Paul's School. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
More than 100 east-central Sask. communities receive over $4 million in federal infrastructure funding
YORKTON - Over 100 east-central Saskatchewan communities are receiving more than $4 million through the Canada Community-Building Fund to support a range of local infrastructure projects. The City of ...
Oct 20, 2025 The Hon. Buckley Belanger, MP for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River in Saskatchewan and secretary of state for rural development. File photo. Photo by Jason G. Antonio
Call for service results in drug and weapons charges.
KAMSACK - A call for service in the RM of Cote last week has led to multiple drug and weapon charges for a 49-year-old. On October 9 at around 10:30 p.m., Kamsack RCMP responded to a report of an assa...
Oct 17, 2025
Project Cornerstone awards record $150,000 to 10 Saskatchewan communities
YORKTON - Ten community projects across eastern Saskatchewan will share $150,000 through Cornerstone Credit Union's Project Cornerstone program. The 2025 recipients include a mix of recreational, acce...
Oct 17, 2025
Nearly 3,500 customers lost power in east-central Sask during storm
YORKTON - The storm that struck south-central Saskatchewan on Oct. 12 and 13 left an impact on SaskPower customers in Yorkton and surrounding communities, as nearly 3,500 customers were without electr...
Oct 16, 2025
Sask. NDP promises to build long-awaited Yorkton hospital if elected
YORKTON - The Saskatchewan NDP says it will build a new hospital in Yorkton if elected in 2028 - a project the party claims the Sask. Party has failed to deliver after nearly two decades of promises. ...
Oct 16, 2025 Jared Clarke, who was recently appointed as the Saskatchewan NDP’s Shadow Minister for Rural and Remote Health, gave a media conference in front of the Yorkton Regional Hospital Monday.Calvin Daniels / Yorkton This Week
Ticket issued to man who collided with RCMP vehicle on Muskowekwan First Nation
A man has been charged with driving without due care and attention, after a two-vehicle collision on the Muskowekwan First Nation. On the morning of June 4, Punnichy RCMP received a report of a crash ...
Oct 16, 2025
Saskatoon man killed in single-vehicle rollover near Spy Hill
SPY HILL - A 29-year-old Saskatoon man has died following a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 8, south of Spy Hill. Esterhazy RCMP say they were called to the crash around 8:20 p.m. on Oct. 14. Emerg...
Oct 15, 2025
Muskowekwan First Nation man appears in court again for allegedly shooting Mountie
A new court date has been set for a Muskowekwan First Nation man, charged following the shooting of a Mountie in the community. On July 24, an incident in the community involving a firearm, left an RC...
Oct 15, 2025
