Weyburn News

Estevan Mayor Gary St. Onge has been critical of the Sun Country Health Region and its governing regional health authority for years.

Weyburn's historic landmark Court House is set to once again be open for provincial court and Court of Queen's Bench sessions, three years and $8.4 million after work begun to renovate the stately structure.

The deadline to appeal the assessed value of property for the City of Weyburn has passed and this year four residents appealed their assessment.

Renovations to the Weyburn Court House are officially complete. A number of dignitaries attended a speaking event and ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 15 at the court house.

NDP Labour critic David Forbes brought his Jimmy's Law tour to Estevan and Weyburn during the overnight hours of May 13 and 14.

RBC Olympian Amy Alsop spoke to the students of the Weyburn Junior High and the Weyburn Comprehensive Schools on May 11.

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The oil patch in southeast Saskatchewan, southwest Manitoba and other regions focussed its attention on Redvers May 10 and 11 for the fourth edition of the biennial Redvers and District Oil Showcase, which was the biggest showcase yet.

Weyburn city council tabled the 2012 budget, after some councillors asked for a one-per-cent increase instead of a zero increase budget proposed by city administration.

One person has been taken to hospital in Weyburn with non-life-threatening injuries following a collision between two semis near Stoughton.

Curves of Weyburn will give a free 30-day membership to any non-member who visits the club during regular operating hours throughout Mother's Day Week, May 13-19. In addition, Curves has announced the inaugural National Curves Day celebration, which will occur annually on the Thursday following Mother's Day.

The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, The Honourable Vaughn Solomon Schofield, presented Susan Nedelcov-Anderson, on behalf of her late mother Marlene Nedelcov, with the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal at Government House in Regina on May 1. Susan was very close to her mother Marlene, who had been a devoted stay-at-home mom to her two children.

The Rotary Club of Weyburn will be holding the first annual Rotary Lobsterfest on Saturday, June 16 in the Weyburn Curling Rink.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and Inside Education have started another year of their Energy in Action program for Grade 5 and 6 students at selected schools in Western Canada.

The Young Fellows Club of Weyburn, a service organization unique to this city, has left their distinctive mark on Weyburn in innumerable ways over the years, and on the weekend of May 18-20, they will celebrate their 90th anniversary, with many former members expected to be back in the city for the event.

Today, Canada has free universal health care. The man who made it happen: former Saskatchewan premier Tommy Douglas.

The guest speaker at this year's fundraising banquet for Pro-Life Estevan and Area dedicated much of her speech to discussing the impact of abortion on families.

North America has enough underground capacity in depleted oil and gas fields, uneconomic coal seams, and saline aquifers to store all its carbon dioxide emissions for the next 600 years.

And that's why the expat Reginan and his business partners put together a deal to save a long-standing department store chain that specialized in small communities in rural and Western Canada.

The Pirates of the CUREibean encourage all residents to attend their second annual All Aboard For A Cure Women's Night Out, at the Weyburn Curling Rink on Friday, May 4. "We have booked over 50 vendors, who will display an assortment of health products, jewelry, kitchen products, food, clothes and so much more," said Shauna Block, the co-chair of ... (more)