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Winter Roads Update - Tuesday, November 29, 2022

City crews were out early this morning clearing Priority 1 routes doing their best to keep arterial roads clear. The 35+ km/h winds aren’t helping, though, so it may take a couple of passes to get things cleared up.

Crews are also out sanding/salting our main priority streets and will continue to work on spot clearing areas with high drifts, and clearing sidewalks.

Yorkton is still seeing some blowing snow, causing drifts on roadways. Remember to drive to conditions, allow extra time for travel and...

2022 Let Yorkton Shine Holiday Contest entry form now open

The City of Yorkton, in collaboration with Tourism Yorkton are pleased to announce the third annual Let Yorkton Shine decorating contest.

Let’s bring some joy to the community. Make Yorkton shine with some holiday sparkle by decking out the outside of your home or business and submit a photo to the City of Yorkton from November 28 to December 14 for a chance to win some awesome prizes.

Entries will be added to our Voting Board, where the public can "like" their favourite decorated home or store...

Access Communications Water Park Pass Changes

At the November 14, 2022 regular meeting of Yorkton City Council, Council authorized the re-implementation of time-based monthly passes to the Access Communications Water Park. Monthly passes will be available starting December 1, 2022. Punch-passes will remain available, including a payment plan option for the 100 punch-pass option.

Additional details regarding monthly passes, the punch-pass payment plan, and pass pricing can be found in the Water Park Pass Information Sheet.

Individual inquiries...

2023 Budget Survey recap and Contest Winner

The City of Yorkton ran a public engagement survey on our website from October 11 to November 4, focusing on our 2023 Budget and service delivery. 

We asked for public's feedback on a variety of our core services and whether taxpayers would like to spend less, more or the same on different service levels as well as what your priorities for spending in the community are, including capital projects. This was one of our first survey launches of our new 'Shape Your City' engagement platform. 

We...

Local Resident, Darlene Stakiw receives Certification of Achievement

At the Regular City Council meeting on November 14, Darlene Stakiw was presented with the City of Yorkton Certificate of Achievement for her decades of excellent and dedicated community service and volunteerism.

The Certification of Achievement is developed to provide the Mayor and City Council with a meaningful and enduring way to recognize citizens of extraordinary achievement. Yorkton residents who achieve international, national or provincial excellence in business, education, academics,...