Yorkton Stories
A podcast hosted by Dick DeRyk about people and events, past and present, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan Canada. It is presented by Harvest Meats and Grain Millers Canada, and supported by Miccar Group of Companies, BakerTilly and Drs. Popick and Caines and associates, optometrists, all in Yorkton.
Podcasting since 2023 • 42 episodes
Yorkton Stories
Latest Episodes
Snowarama started as a bumpy ride in a highway ditch
A local fundraiser that started in a snowy highway ditch has grown into an event that refuses to slow down, and now includes wheeled riders in the desert. We follow the history of Yorkton’s Snowarama from a 1977 ride sparked by the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:01:08
Duval Lang: High school football to professional live theatre
Duval Lang, known to many as Duve, has been immersed in Calgary live theatre for 46 years now. He ended up there for university, and has called it home ever since, other than when he travelled the world as an actor.But in Yorkton, in the...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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46:53
Ruth Shaw: her story and the stories she wrote
To the many newer residents of Yorkton, the name Ruth Shaw likely isn’t recognizable. But to those who lived here in the latter half of the previous century, the name, and the woman who bore that name, was an unassuming but powerful force and v...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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42:19
Five Yorkton teens: the road from here to elected office
They were typical teenage boys when they lived in Yorkton in the 1970s, 80s, and into the early 90s. They came from different backgrounds, attended school here, took part in a variety of activities, pursued different goals, and left when they c...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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57:26
About Dan the Storyman, Poetree and Friends, and ultra running
Dan Calef was, and sometimes still is, Dan the Storyman, known locally as the story-telling head of the Yorkton public library from 1983 to 1999. He looked after story time for kids, and told stories on local television in a show that ended up ...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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36:24