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Sometimes volunteers bring along four-legged friends to help with harvest demonstrations. Horses played a big role in Saskatchewan’s agricultural past and we’re grateful to them and their owners for helping…

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Volunteers like Grieg demonstrate one step in the farm-to-table pathway – grinding grain into flour. Greig started volunteering with the Yorkton Threshermen’s Club when he was 14 or 15 years old. At…

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Steam traction engines like this one are maintained and operated at WDM events by volunteers certified by the Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan (TSASK). Come out to events like the…

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Members of the York Colony Quilters gather together to practice and showcase their craft at events like the Threshermen’s Show & Seniors’ Festival at the WDM Yorkton.

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Taking home a souvenir from your visit is great, but taking home the memory of making your own souvenir is even better! Volunteers Louis and Milton helped a young visitor do…

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There are many things to experience at the Threshermen’s Show & Seniors’ Festival at the WDM Yorkton, including bread baked in a wood-fired clay oven. The clay oven was built…

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New to the WDM event line up this year: WDM Yorkton’s Halloween “Ghoul Times at the WDM.” Events like this are supported by the energy, creativity, and enthusiasm of volunteers…

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