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• Cowessess First Nation expanding farming operations

  Cowessess First Nation is expanding into the crop side of farming with the help of a federal grant.

  

• Yorkton-Melville MP reacts to defeated sex-selective abortion bill

  Yorkton-Melville MP Cathay Wagantall’s private member bill which aimed to ban sex-selective abortions was defeated in the House of Commons earlier this month.

  

• 'We have to remember them': Yorkton Legion helping to put faces to graves of Canadian soldiers overseas

  The Yorkton Legion is working with an organization in the Netherlands to put a photo next to every tombstone in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery.

• Yorkton takes on pilot project after plea from young beekeeper

  The City of Yorkton is allowing up to five families to keep bees in their backyard as part of a new pilot project, after a family of beekeepers made their case before council.

• Food security program fills food bank void in Kamsack

  The Kamsack Family Resource Centre has launched a two-pronged food security and nutrition program.

• Sask. high schools to learn Nakota language

  Starting in September, high school students in Saskatchewan will have the opportunity to learn the Nakoda language.

• Work to keep Dutch elm disease at bay in Sask. continues

  Dutch elm disease is a growing issue in Saskatchewan, and every year programs work to stop the spread of the disease, and 2021 is no different.

• 91-year-old man dies following alleged altercation at Yorkton nursing home

  A 91-year-old resident at the Yorkton and District Nursing Home died following an alleged altercation with another resident last week.

• Sask. students experience breakfast from the farm

  Grade 4 and 5 students at Dr. Brass School experienced breakfast from the farm for lunch.

• 'What if it was your child?': Yorkton Tribal Council honours children found in mass grave at B.C. residential school

  Staff at the Yorkton Tribal Council wore orange on Tuesday and gathered to honour the 215 children found in a mass grave at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.