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The Pre-Kindergarten class from St. Michael School and their parents spent time having fun on Friday morning at the Weyburn Gymnastics Club. This was a family engagement time, when families could get to know each other, and the children could play together and have a chance to use the apparatus at the club's gym.

The Career Day and Hiring Fair will be open to the public until 6 p.m.

The demolition of the Soo Theatre building on Third Street got fully underway on Tuesday, with the back walls gone by Wednesday morning as the work continues. Adair's Demolition is doing the demo, being careful of powerlines and the adjacent building to the south, and it is anticipated the remainder of the building won't take as long to take down, to make way for a new two-screen theatre complex.

The neon-light marquee for Weyburn's Soo Theatre was removed late Monday afternoon-early evening, and the building was set for demolition to begin on Tuesday morning by Adair's Demolition. Third Street's northbound lane between Souris and Coteau Avenues has been closed to through traffic until the demo is done. The theatre, which has been closed since 2018, will be removed to make way for a new two-screen theatre

The skies over Weyburn were brightly lit up on Sunday night with the Northern Lights, stretching from west to east in a wide ribbon overhead. The phenomenon was reported over a wide area around the province, caused by solar activities in the sun as waves of energy pass through Earth's atmosphere.

Weyburn's De Tricky Feet Dance Studio held their first dance competition, the DeFeet Dance Challenge, from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon at the Cugnet Centre, with dancers coming from eight other studios to join the Weyburn dancers. There were adjudicated dances in various categories, and on Sunday afternoon there was a dance-off with cash prizes, with the top group routines competing in each age division.

Galilee Regines and her family celebrated the opening of Meok Ja Milk Tea Bar in Weyburn on Saturday, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Marcel Roy

Minor hockey teams from the U9, U11, U13 and U15 age levels have been taking part in a 3-on-3 tournament through the past week at Crescent Point Place. This gallery of photos is from a U11 game on Saturday, with team 1 vs team 4. The games have no referees and no stops other than when a goal is scored.

A new season began for U15 and U17 Weyburn Rattlers field lacrosse teams on Friday evening, as Weyburn Lacrosse held practice for the teams at Weyburn's Credit Union Spark Centre. Coach Chuck Hignett ran the players through a number of drills for the 90-minute practice. They will attend two weekend tournaments this year, with one being Sask. Lacrosse Field Provincials.

Children had a week-long day camp to enjoy during their Easter break week off school, with a wide variety of activities from art to recreation and sports at Weyburn's Credit Union Spark Centre. Each day had a different theme, with different activities to keep the kids busy.