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Students at Haig School perform an Olympic song to record and send to Olympic speed skater Brittany Schussler on Jan. 20. Schussler is the Classroom Champion for teacher Erin Walter's Grade 2/3 class.

Colleen Morrice, assistant treasurer, holds Bagheera while Kelly Eddy, president of the Weyburn Humane Society, shows a pencil crayon drawing of the 20-year-old shelter on Wednesday.

The Weyburn Comprehensive School junior boys basketball team will be playing in a tournament in Oxbow this weekend and the senior boys' team is in Brandon while the junior girls are hosting a tournament at WCS.

The Carlyle detachment of the RCMP received 44 calls to service between Friday, Jan. 10 and Thursday, Jan. 16. 911 calls A 911 call was placed by a family in the Carlyle area as a child's head had become stuck between rails. The child was unstuck.

The province is expanding availability of flu vaccine to all people between two and 59 years of age who are eligible to receive FluMist.

Almost exactly one year ago Carlyle and surrounding area was plagued by physician recruitment difficulties and the temporary closure of the Arcola Hospital.

Sask. Housing made several changes to their policies in July last year and the repercussions of which is now being seen with the rental units in Carlyle.

STARS Air Ambulance received donations from three cooperative organizations totalling $30,125 from a fundraising effort held at the 2013 Canadian Western Agribition.

Weyburn Police Service responded to a number of calls regarding assaults, break and enters and accidents over the past week. On Sunday, January 19 police responded to a complaint of an assault on a cab driver and mischief to the cab.

The Wheatland Senior Center is a bustle of activity every week. Here are the results of the Senior Centre's activities from January 12 to January 18: Bridge: (Monday) first Marion Brown, second John Whitell, third Chris Diemert.