Local Arts

Angelo Cavallina and his two sons, Olmo McPake-Cavallina and Ally Cavallina, rode into Weyburn late Thursday evening on their recumbent bikes. The trio, from Edinburgh, Scotland, are cycling across Canada.

A new home is advancing as construction continues at a busy pace in the new Riverwood subdivision being developed on the former Souris Valley grounds on Thursday afternoon.

Four years ago Michele Amy and her husband Will Elliot put together an idea which was spawned from the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party (KLKP) camps, but focused on training new fiddle and guitar teachers.

During July and August the Weyburn Duplicate Bridge Club plays on Monday evenings only at the Wheatland Senior Centre starting at 7:00 p.m. All Bridge players are welcome to come and play.

For the first time in over 20 years the Canadian Grandmasters Fiddling Competition will be held outside of Ontario. On Aug. 24 the best fiddlers from across Canada will attend Saskatoon for the event.

Cannington Manor was a thriving town in the late 1800s, but by 1900 the village became abandoned as the railroad was constructed south of the village.

On Sunday, August 11, between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., members of the Weyburn Wildlife Federation, as well as Saskatchewan Conservation Officers, will be at Nickel Lake to teach children how to fish.

On Aug. 16th the award winning country music band Emerson Drive will be performing at the Bear Claw Casino as part of their North American tour and like many big name acts a guest artist will open their show.

In a celebration of their community, volunteers in Wawota brought together a weekend of camaraderie on Aug. 3 and Aug. 4 in the form of Wawota Heritage Days.

Weyburn's Centennial weekend celebration was "a phenomenal success", said the Centennial coordinator Sharon Elliott on Monday.