Online auction raised $10,000
The second annual online auction which ended May 6 raised $10,000 for the Yorkton flour mill capital campaign.
Successful bidders were notified by Yorkton Auction Centre, which conducted the auction. If you didn't receive an email, please check your junk mail folder.
To pay for your item or items, login to www.yacauctions.com, go to Account, then Invoices. Once payment is confirmed the items may be picked up at Yorkton Auction Centre, 7 km east of the Parkland Mall on the south side of Highway 10 East.
YAC is open from 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Items must be picked up by Thursday May 12.
Click the image to view our thank you in PDF format.
Mill kicks off major fundraising campaign
The historic Yorkton brick flour mills kicked off a fundraising drive on Dec. 6, 2021 to raise $2.2 million for a major expansion of the mill which will include an interpretive centre, meeting and event facilities, spaces for use by businesses, community archives and offices.
Other news about the flour mill
Mill receives three Saskatchewan heritage awards
Outdoor panels telling local and mill history expanded
Outdoor panels telling local and mill history expanded
The Yorkton historic flour mill received two awards from Lt. Gov. Russell Mirasty at the Saskatchewan Heritage Awards Nov. 2 2021 in Regina. The mill society received awards for Public Outreach and for Physical Heritage Conservation. It was one of three winners from across the province in each category.
The mill society also receive the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation's 30th Anniversary Award. The Foundation noted, "Your project is very worthy of recognition and we are very proud to have assisted you with the restoration of the Yorkton Brick Flour Mill, over the years. We are very happy to join with Heritage Saskatchewan by presenting the Yorkton Brick Flour Mill with our own Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation 30th Anniversary Award for exemplary built heritage conservation."
Outdoor panels telling local and mill history expanded
Outdoor panels telling local and mill history expanded
Outdoor panels telling local and mill history expanded
The storyboards telling the history of Yorkton were expanded again in June of 2021 with the addition of seven more 4x8 foot panels.
Further additions to the storyboards are planned for later this summer and next year.
The outdoor panels, accessible year-found on the south side of the mill, tell the history of the Yorkton area from the time it was inhabited by the First Nations. They were officially unveiled on Oct. 8, 2020.