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Midale (cpd) - A SADD speaker, Joey Cowan, came and spoke to the students in Grades 6 to 12 on Dec. 10. Joey knows about the effects of impaired driving first-hand.

Students from Weyburn Junior High, St. Michael and the Weyburn Comp share their experiences from taking in the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) program, held at Clear Lake, Man. last summer.

The members of Estevan city council will have some tough decisions facing them today as they sit down for the beginning of deliberations on the 2013 budget.

Ron Lukye continues to await his trial, but he was released from custody after new trial dates were set. A three-day trial was scheduled for Lukye between Dec. 4 and 6 but was adjourned last week.

The Canadian Blood Services will hold a holiday blood donor clinic in Weyburn on Tuesday, Dec. 18, and will give local donors the opportunity to dedicate their donation to someone special.

Weyburn's Mayor Debra Button is seeking to expand her sphere of influence as a politician, as she announced her intentions to seek the chair of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) at their convention in early February.

Maclean Boehm, left, goes over a spelling assessment station in his Grade 3 classroom as his sister Olivia looks on and mom Tara helps, during the "Celebration of Learning" event at Assiniboia Park School.

Administrators at the Weyburn resource centre for the Canadian Mental Health Association are fine-tuning the organization's programs for the New Year. The CMHA Youth Program, in particular, will appeal to a wide range of teenagers.

40 Development Assets - Search institute has identified the following building blocks of healthy development that help young people grow up healthy, caring, and responsible. Sense of Purpose: Young person reports that "my life has a purpose.

The Dickens Village Festival had a successful weekend, bringing in many to the town from near and far. Memorial Hall under its Dickens title of Fezziwig's Pub was a busy place.