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Canada Day was celebrated with a bike parade at Nickle Lake Regional Park on Saturday morning, with bright red-and-white decorations on the bikes. Children were able to take part in Canada Day crafts later, and an open-air market was held in the park area near the Beaver's Den. Later in the day, the Souris River Smoke BBQ competition will begin, and live entertainment will be held.

A flag ceremony for Canada Day was celebrated by the City of Weyburn, at the Weyburn Leisure Centre on July 1.

The City of Weyburn hosted Party in the Park on June 29, as part of celebrating Recreation Professionals Week.

A King's Carnival was hosted by the Lighthouse Church in Weyburn on June 25.

St. Michael School held their annual Field Day on Tuesday, the second-last day of school, with games and relay races set up all around the school yard. Some of the games had water involved to help keep the students cool on the hot summer day.

Weyburn fire fighters spent two evenings in training exercises at a house on Mergens Street slated for demolition. The Fire Department was able to conduct exercises including cutting holes in the roof using the ladder truck, and attack scenarios inside the house along with rescue techniques on Thursday and Friday.

The K-6 students of Legacy Park Elementary School had their play days on Thursday and Friday, with a variety of games and relay races set up around the school yard. The students were broken up into teams, with the full range of grades on each team, and they circulated between game stations through the morning, and then had a school swim in the afternoon.

The City of Weyburn's public works department, along with the police and fire departments, held an open house on Wednesday in the public works yard. City equipment and their workers were on site for people to see, along with police vehicles and equipment, and fire trucks and a display of fire equipment. In addition, the City had a free barbecue for residents, and police dog Oakley and fire dog Jessi were on hand to greet young visitors.

The Grade 8 class from St. Michael School worked on painting a mural in the hallway outside of the Weyburn Art Gallery in the Credit Union Spark Centre on Wednesday afternoon. The design was the winning entry from Haroun, as the class had entered the contest put on by the Weyburn Arts Council, and the prize was for the class to paint the mural at the Spark Centre. The design will include the word "Welcome" in English and 25 other languages, all around a smiling setting sun.

The Weyburn Soccer Association hosted 40 teams for a two-day soccer tournament at Jubilee Park over the weekend, with teams from Saskatoon, Regina, Swift Current, Moose Jaw and Yorkton along with Weyburn teams. The players ranged in age from U9 to U17, with games all day Saturday and Sunday.