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Rural airports facing challenges

Rural airports facing challenges

Rural airports in southern Saskatchewan are important, but it will take some creative approaches, and greater government support in order for them to be viable moving forward.

Three dead in crash

A Manitoba family lost both of its parents and a 17-year-old girl is dead after a collision on Highway 16 Sunday morning. As of Tuesday, two of the four children involved in the crash were still in Regina Hospital with critical injuries.

Health delegation to observe British surgical innovations

Saskatchewan is Examining New Ways to Improve Surgical Care for Patients A group of health sector partners is going to the United Kingdom to learn firsthand about a series of initiatives that have helped the UK dramatically reduce surgical wait times

Council passes 2011 budgets

Yorkton Council has passed both its 2011 Operating and Capital Budgets at its regular meeting Monday.The Operating Budget is set at $20,319,000, while the Capital Budget for projects is $13,378,760.
Craft show planned

Craft show planned

After a beautiful Baptismal service at the United Church to welcome Pacey Elizabeth Barber, daughter of Sara & Jay Barber, of Swiftcurrent, SK (grand daughter of Kent and Sandy Ritchie) to the church.
U14 team returns home with silver medals

U14 team returns home with silver medals

On the weekend of Nov. 5-7 the Yorkton United F.C. U14 traveled to Saskatoon for their first tournament of the indoor soccer season at the Lakewood Kick Start Soccer tournament.

Administration outlines plans for year

Yorkton Council moved to pass both its operational budgets (see related story this issue) at its regular meeting Monday.

Changes to Animal Protection Act

Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud recently introduced amendments to The Animal Protection Act, 1999. The proposed amendments to the Act include increasing the maximum fine level for animal abuse to $25,000 for each convicted offence.
For those who took up arms

For those who took up arms

Hundreds turned out to honor Remembrance Day at the Gallagher Centre Flexihall on November 11. This year's guest address came from Major Ron Haskell (bottom), a reservist, schoolteacher, and Afghanistan veteran.
Procedures for surgery changing

Procedures for surgery changing

Doctors from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Washington announced in September that they could just as well handle certain brain surgeries by access not in the traditional way through the top of the skull but by drillin
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