Category Archives: Yorkton News
Yorkton airport holds emergency training exercise
YORKTON - Yorkton Regional Airport has completed a emergency response training exercise designed to test readiness and strengthen coordination among local agencies. The exercise took place on October ...
Oct 02, 2025 Photo: City of Yorkton
Melville RCMP investigating fatal rollover near Kelliher
KELLIHER - One woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a single-vehicle rollover on Highway #15 near Kelliher. Melville RCMP say officers were called to the crash at about 7:40 p.m. on Oct. 1, al...
Oct 02, 2025
Yorkton joins Sask. delegation to press Ottawa for municipal support
YORKTON - Yorkton Mayor Aaron Kienle is in Ottawa this week as part of a Saskatchewan delegation pushing the federal government for stronger investment in municipal infrastructure and community develo...
Oct 02, 2025 (File Photo) Courtesy Aaron Kienle
Suncrest College opens applications for 2026 programs, adds two new offerings
YORKTON - Suncrest College has opened applications for its 2026 programs, with two new additions aimed at meeting the changing needs of its students and employers across the province. Starting in the ...
Oct 02, 2025 File photo. (Photo: Suncrest College)
Saskatchewan to allow temporary hunt of antlerless elk in November
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government says it's allowing a short-term hunt for antlerless elk in the southern half of the province. Environment Minister Travis Keisig says the hunt will help address conc...
Oct 02, 2025
Yorkton marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
YORKTON - Hundreds gathered on September 30 in Yorkton to recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a march down Broadway Street, followed by presentations and cultural events. The ...
Oct 01, 2025 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was recognized last Sept. 30, in Yorkton with a march down Broadway Street.Calvin Daniels / Yorkton This Week
Farming for Health legacy continues in Yorkton
YORKTON - With the 2025 harvest complete it's a good time to look back on the legacy of Farming for Health. Over the first five years of the project $1 million was raised. "The committee set aside tha...
Oct 01, 2025
Kelvington area company fined over $160,000 for altering shorelines
REGINA - 110186505 Saskatchewan Ltd., a transportation company operating as Schmidt Trucking, has been fined $161,000 after pleading guilty to altering shorelines and failing to follow permit conditio...
Sep 30, 2025
Yorkton officials meeting with provincial and federal leaders to tackle infrastructure needs
YORKTON - Yorkton city officials have taken their call for improved infrastructure directly to the provincial and federal governments. Last week, Mayor Aaron Kienle and City Councillor Randy Goulden m...
Sep 29, 2025 Officials from the City of Yorkton including Mayor Aaron Kienle and Councilor Randy Goulden with Government Relations Minister Eric Schmalz. (Photo: City of Yorkton)
Tourism Yorkton welcomes visitors from across Canada and beyond
YORKTON - Tourism Yorkton is celebrating another busy season, welcoming visitors from across Canada and around the world. The city's information centre reported more than 190 guests from three contine...
Sep 29, 2025 Tourism Yorkton information centre. (Photo: Tanner Wallace-Scribner)
