Local News

The Weyburn Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in solving some outstanding cases of theft and fraud. On Dec. 3, 2013, two males, approximately 18-20 years old, entered a local business and used rolled coins to pay for merchandise.

The first full-length novel published by Weyburn author Anne Lazurko, "Dollybird", has been nominated for a Saskatchewan Book Award for 2014.

A vertical wind turbine located in Weyburn's northeast corner will have to come down by mid-summer, city council decided on Monday evening, after receiving numerous letters of complaint from neighbours.

A number of former employees and local businesses are among those who have been left in the lurch by the closure of Do All Industries. As was reported in the Mercury last week, the local company was placed into receivership Feb.

There is going to be a slight delay in the official opening target date for the Boundary Dam clean coal project, although just how long it will be is not known exactly.

As Weyburn heads into a new century, the city is celebrating unprecedented growth and expansion in the local economy, much of it over the past decade in oil, agriculture and retail sectors

Dave Beach and Davin Mainil, at left, accept proxy votes for the Weyburn Inland Terminal from Weyburn-area farmers Dave Geiger (centre) and Adrienne Sidloski on Friday, as Brent Kosior looks on.

The process of developing a school calendar for the next academic year in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division is down to the small details now. Trustees attending the public school division's meeting on Feb.

Shauna Leonard and Jesse Albanez, unit managers of the Veterans Wings at the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, receive $12,000 from Don Sealy and Shelley Kauf, from the Weyburn Royal Canadian Legion Branch 47.

The long wait is over for Windthorst native Lyndon Dayman.