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Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Dog gone good event You might say it was a day for the dogs as dog owners gathered with their four-legged friends Sunday morning in support of an annual fundraising event. It was 26-years ago the first Dr. Brian’s Friends For Life Annual Dog Walk’ was held, and it has become a traditional event locally. The walk, which began at Wiggly Field at Jaycee Beach in the city, raises funds for the Yorkton SPCA Shelter. Prizes for the top three fundraisers, as well as a prize for the oldest canine attendee were planned. The event would wind-up with a hot dog barbecue. Staff Photo by Calvin Daniels
Exhibit focuses on ‘Sixties Scoop’ By Tanner Wallace Scribner Staff Writer The Yorkton Public Library was the first stop
for an exhibit that was brining awareness to the Sixties Scoop. The exhibit was put on by the The Legacy of Hope Foundation, which is a
national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for more than 19 years.
The foundations goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential School
System and subsequent Sixties Scoop on Indigenous survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote healing and
Reconciliation. Adam North Piegan, president of the Legacy of Hope Foundation
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Council updates priorities chart By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Yorkton Council took an end of third quarter look at its Strategic Priorities Chart at its Committee-of-the-Whole meeting Monday. At Council’s strategic planning session from November 2020, they committed to reviewing our strategic priority chart on a quarterly basis.
The review allows Administration the opportunity to provide Council with an update on progress from the strategic objectives assigned. More importantly, it gives Council the opportunity to provide further direction to administration on the objectives that are deemed a priority, noted material circulated Monday. The framework has been set up to make
progress in each quarter such that priorities and objectives can be accomplished. Councillor Randy Goulden said she liked the charting process that has been created as it provides Council with an easy way to track what has been established as a need in the city, citing the addition of work toward a framework for Truth and Reconciliation for the City added from
the most recent regular meeting of Council, and the recent add of a possible partnership with YBID on downtown parking. Since the process began 17 priorities that were established have been completed. “It’s nice to see what’s been achieved,” noted Coun. Dustin Brears. Coun. Ken Chyz said he felt some of the completed priorities were
not fully complete in his mind. City Manager Lonnie Kaal noted with some of the larger projects certain elements may become a priority, be addressed and then another aspect of the same project becoming a priority later on. “Some of these might take three years to do,” with it reoccurring as a priority, she said. Heading into Monday’s
meeting the current topfive priorities included; • Explore Kinsmen Arena options • A Play Zone Safety Review • Three-year budget objectives (operation and capital) • Business Marketing: Yorkton Gaps and Targets The fifth slot was empty. “The top-five are the
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Forty-years for Parkland ECIP By Tanner Wallace Scribner Staff Writer This year marks 40 years for the Parkland Early Childhood Intervention Program, and this week is Early Childhood Intervention Progam week in Saskatchewan. Michelle Yaschuck, the
executive director for the Parkland Early Childhood Intervention Program, said that without the community’s help, they wouldn’t have made it to 40 years. “We’ve been provided 40 years of quality intervention services to children zero to six years of age with develop-
mental delays,” she said. “The program is one of 14 aligned programs in the province that focuses on early childhood intervention and development and provided services to families in Yorkton, and 150 kilometres around Yorkton including three First Nation communities.”
Yaschuck explains more about what it is they do. “Children who are involved in our program are delayed in reaching age-appropriate developmental milestones, such as walking, talking, eating, maneuvering, playing, or interacting socially,” she stated. “(We) help children reach their
fullest potential by providing programming that is challenging but achievable for them. The program believes in supporting the whole child, which includes their caregivers. Our early childhood interventionists they work collaboratively with parents, relatives,
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