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Yorkton water park shuts down on Monday as maintenance work begins
Yorkton water park shuts down on Monday as maintenance work begins

CTV News

time4 days ago

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  • CTV News

Yorkton water park shuts down on Monday as maintenance work begins

WATCH: Yorkton's water park will be getting a well deserved break, as it is set to close down for renovations on Monday. Fruzsina de Cloedt has more. Loading the player instance is taking more time than usual Loading the player instance is taking more time than usual As Yorktonians go on their summer vacations, one of the city's landmarks is also taking a well-deserved break. Yorkton's Access Communications Water Park at the Gallagher Centre closes down for renovations on Monday. David Balysky, general manager at the Gallagher Centre gave CTV News and Yorkton Mayor Aaron Kienle a tour of the mechanical room on Thursday, a narrow space, which is always locked from the public. The noise of machines beyond the blue door were inaudible. Behind the door, an unseen part of the public pool opened up. A series of pipes and tubes ran along the ceiling, big barrels were humming and something made a clanking sound. Balysky pointed out that one of the barrels has such a small opening that only one technician can fit their arm in there to clean it. Yorkton pool Yorkton's Access Communications Water Park at the Gallagher Centre closes down for renovations on Monday. (Fruzsina De Cloedt / CTV News) 'On Monday we'll begin, draining the pools here, early in the morning,' explained Balysky earlier. 'And then we'll get into the thick of the project.' They have plenty of work cut out for them. The pool is on a bi-annual maintenance schedule. According to Balysky, they will work on 'tile repairs, and just a good deep cleaning of the water park, as well as the changing facilities.' This year is different, however, as some new tech will be installed. 'The current filtration system was installed, I believe, in 2004, so we've gotten just over 20 years of life out of it,' Kienle said. 'And we're now upgrading from what was an ozone filtration system to an ultraviolet - a UV-- filtration system, and hoping to get another 20, 25 years off of that.' Hopes are that it will provide a cleaner, safer environment for all users. Yorkton is not the first to adapt this technology. 'Other aquatic centers in the province and in the country are sort of moving away from [the ozone] system just due to the difficulty in sourcing parts and maintaining the system,' Balysky said. In the mechanical room, Balysky pointed out where the ozone filtration system used to be. Ozone tanks, as well as the associated piping and pumps were removed in May, when preliminary work began. This big undertaking is not cheap, as Kienle explained. 'The replacement of the ozone to the ultraviolet is just over $1 million, 1.1 million, and then the rest of the renovation that's happening is bringing it up to about $1.5 million,' he said. The project was awarded at the March 23 Yorkton Council meeting, with Ful-Flo Industries Ltd. as the contractor. Due to the maintenance work, East-Central Saskatchewan's only water park will be closed from July 28 through Oct. 2. Balysky encourages everyone to visit Yorkton's Shape Your City website to check what city projects are ongoing and what has been completed. 'That's the best place to go,' he said. 'We try to post weekly updates on there, what's going on with pictures, so people can kind of see those behind-the-scenes areas that they normally wouldn't see.'

Saskatchewan producers to see changes for 2025 AgriStability program
Saskatchewan producers to see changes for 2025 AgriStability program

CTV News

time21-07-2025

  • Business
  • CTV News

Saskatchewan producers to see changes for 2025 AgriStability program

Crops can be seen in the Yorkton area in this file photo dated July 21, 2025. (Fruzsina De Cloedt/CTV News) Big changes are coming to Saskatchewan's AgriStability program, in response international trade and weather-related concerns from producers. For the 2025 program year only, producers will see an increase from 80 per cent to 90 per cent in their compensation rates. This will translate to producers receiving 90 cents on ever dollar of eligible margin decline. Additionally, the maximum payment cap is doubling from $3 million to $6 million. Beginning in 2026, AgriStability will see adjustments to the feed inventory pricing for livestock producers. The change is aimed at ensuring program calculations properly reflect realties on the farm. The changes were announced following a meeting between federal, provincial and territorial ministers of agriculture. 'Supporting producers with immediate changes to AgriStability increases the effectiveness of the program,' provincial Minister of Agriculture Daryl Harrison said. 'Reliable and effective business risk management programs help protect against large declines in producers' margins and are an important tool for a strong agricultural sector in Saskatchewan.' Representatives from the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM), the Saskatchewan Cattle Association (SCA), the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) all shared messages in support of the changes. The changes come as trade concerns continue with the United States and China. Continued drought conditions in the southwest has led to several rural municipalities declaring states of emergency. According to the province, from 2018 to 2023, AgriStability has paid more than $645 million in benefits. The deadline to enrol in AgriStability has been extended to July 31, 2025. -More details to come…

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