Yorkton

The City of Yorkton has secured the first major funding commitment toward what the mayor described as the largest infrastructure project in the city's history, with the federal and provincial governments contributing more than $36 million toward the renewal of the H.M. Bailey Water Pollution Control Plant.

Eleven projects across Saskatchewan will be receiving portions of a $74 million joint investment by the province and Ottawa.

Yorkton Mayor Aaron Kienle is in Ottawa to meet with federal officials and advocate for major infrastructure investments, including funding for the city’s planned wastewater treatment plant.

After over a decade of intense fundraising, the Yorkton Brick Mill Interpretive Centre finally opened its doors to the public on Wednesday.

More than 1,000 people took part in Yorkton’s annual Orange Shirt Day walk Wednesday, marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a growing community support for education and awareness around the painful legacy of residential schools.

The City of Yorkton is dealing with some disappointing vandalism on Mayhew Avenue over the weekend.

Decades after their second-degree murder conviction in 1994, the Quewezance sisters can hope again to walk free, according to their lawyer.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce recognized longtime business owner and volunteer Evan Ortynsky with an Honourary Life Membership.

Langenburg-born Jess Moskaluke is the latest Saskatchewan country artist to perform at the heralded Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

The latest investigation from the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) ended with an operation and arrest in Melville.

The Yorkton Public Library opened Culture Days on Friday with speeches, crafts and community programming, all while marking its 100th anniversary.

Peepeekisis Cree Nation has officially opened the first Indigenous-owned and operated funeral home in Saskatchewan, located in Lorlie, Sask.

Legacy Co op marked Fuel Good Day in Yorkton today, part of a Western Canada wide initiative that directs fuel sale proceeds to local community groups.

A non-profit seniors care home in Bangor, Sask. is dealing with the loss of about $10,000 worth of food after thieves broke into a storage shed and emptied several freezers.

Back in June, Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres withdrew its application to open new post‑treatment addiction facilities in Yorkton after facing pushback from the community.