In Yorkton, where there are no homeless encampments, it would be tempting to think that it's one problem we don’t have to deal with. But that would be a mistake.
Most of us may not see it every day, or at all, but homelessness happens in Yorkton just as it does in larger cities. The people who work with the homeless and deal with it on a daily basis are well aware of the issue, and have some very definite ideas about what could and should be done about it.
We talked to two of them: Angela Chernoff is the co-ordinator of Bruno’s Place on Dominion Avenue, an emergency shelter for adults; and Martha Gares is the manager of Housing Support at SIGN, the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours.
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These are stories about people and events in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, which has been on the map since 1882 when a small group of men from Ontario, and originally from Britain, came to the District of Assiniboia, still largely unsettled prairie and aspen woodlands.
There are many stories -- and perhaps some myths and mysteries -- to be explored.
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These podcasts are a labour of love and respect for those who came before us, and who make Yorkton what it is today. As a former newspaper owner and editor, former city councillor, still-active community volunteer and local history buff, I know many of us have stories to tell. If you have one we should know about, get in touch.
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In Nebraska, bierock is referred to as runza, apparently a state treasure! They were a special treat in our family with my mom competing with our granny to see who was best.
My granny would make a pan full of nothing but Spanish onions as a filling which was my dads favorite. We don’t eat chicken noodle soup without butterballs.
--Kenn Propp
I find so many common threads and connections as I listen that bring back many fond memories. Less than six degrees of separation in Yorkton. Rick and I are products for example of Mrs. Ingham’s Blended Sound-Sight program at Columbia School and, if memory serves, of Mr. Vermette’s AV program at the Composite Jr High.
Taking that a step further, Curt Keilback’s wife was my art teacher at the Composite. My best friend in grade school was Bob Ries. Bob’s mom Sandra worked for many years at the Gladstone Inn, having previously owned it with her husband Bert (both originally from Rhein). I was briefly in a car club in Yorkton that had some meetings in the basement of the Balmoral (but I didn’t see any tunnels either).
My wife’s family farm (Stachura) was the next quarter in from Harris’s on Highway 9 South, not far from Vermettes.
As far as Gunn’s and Good Spirit - it is basically where we grew up. We spent every weekend from the time I was about eight years old at our cabin at Burgis Beach. Or as it was known then- Sunnyside Beach at Devil’s Lake. Likely some ways to connect us all to the Bronfmans, Levi Beck, etc. if we dig back far enough as well, but who knows.
--Dean Bradshaw
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