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• 'It happened quickly': Sask. family sent away from hospital, forced to give birth on floor of townhouse

  Tara and Mitchell Luce have three children together — and after their experience with one-month-old Lincoln, they don’t expect to be adding to their family of five.

  

• 'I was ashamed': Former employee of Sask. jail says she filed complaint after being told to take off ribbon skirt

  A woman who used to work in an Indigenous cultural role at a Yorkton jail said she filed a complaint with the Ministry of Justice after she was told she was not allowed to wear a ribbon skirt.

  

• 'They'll remember your name': Saskatchewan-born Ribbon Skirt Day recognized nationally

  A day celebrating Indigenous culture with roots in Saskatchewan is being marked nationally for the first time on Wednesday.

• 'We're teaching life lessons': Yorkton dance studio spreads holiday cheer through numerous drives, campaigns

  With a lot of the holiday season focused on giving back, Santa may have some competition in Yorkton.

• Looking back at 2022: Yorkton's Broadway gets a new, reconciliation-led look

  Yorkton’s Broadway Street was handed a face-lift in late September, saying goodbye to a long-time landmark in the Sundial.

• 'More consistency': Terriers look forward to second half of SJHL season after rollercoaster start

  From being ranked nationally, to a team on the outside of the playoff picture looking in — it’s been an up and down first half of the regular season for the Yorkton Terriers.

• Addressing homelessness, infrastructure projects highlights for Yorkton mayor in 2022

  Yorkton Mayor Mitch Hippsley said 2022 was a good year for the east-central Saskatchewan city, as it worked towards addressing homelessness and developing infrastructure projects.

• Record number of women enrolling in trade programs at Yorkton's Parkland College

  Yorkton’s Parkland College has a record-breaking number of women enrolled in its’ skilled trade courses, with nine female students in welding, power engineering, and agricultural equipment programs.

• 'It is real life': Overdose crisis reaches new heights, over 1,000 deaths in Sask. since 2020

  According to the latest figures from the Saskatchewan Coroners Service, Saskatchewan has set records in drug toxicity deaths year-over-year, since it began publicly tracking figures in 2016. During the pandemic overdose deaths ballooned to heights never before seen — 326 in 2020, up from 179 in 2019, then 410 in 2021.

• 'Part of him with me': Sask. man fixing up grandpa's classic truck after finding it for sale on social media

  A 24-year-old man from Preeceville, Sask. was reunited with his grandfather's classic, custom-made Ford truck after finding it on social media and plans to restore it to its former glory.