Local News

The Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) has awarded nearly $3.33 million in grants to communities across Saskatchewan.

The results of the Wheatland Senior Centre's activities from December 16 to December 22: Bridge: (Monday) 1st tied George Gillies, Marion Brown, 2nd Basil Holyer. Bridge: (Friday) 1st Marion Brown, 2nd Erskine Sandiford, 3rd George Gillies.

The ninth annual JAMS Christmas Day Dinner was another huge success. Sandy (Spencer) Johnson and her family served turkey and all the fixins' to 120 people including eight deliveries to shut-ins.

In the days leading up to end of the year, the Weyburn & District Chamber of Commerce always takes time to look back on the last year, and reflect upon the events and people that shaped our community.

Everything from telephone wires to the branches of trees and bushes are covered in thick hoar frost in this scene captured by Weyburn Review reader Sharon Solie in Beaubier on Dec. 20.

A Dec. 23 collision between two semi-trailer trucks on a stretch of Highway 18 near Hirsch left one of the drivers dead and sent the other to hospital with undetermined minor injuries. And a Dec.

Cenovus Energy has reached a new agreement with SaskPower for the purchase of carbon dioxide (CO2) for their enhanced oil project in the Weyburn Oil Field.

The fundraising effort for the new Estevan Regional Nursing Home was boosted well over the $6 million mark just before Christmas thanks to a healthy $100,000 donation made by local philanthropists Ray and Doris Frehlick.

Pangman (cpd) - Pangman School held their Open House and Christmas concert at the school gym on Dec. 20 with many attending.

The executive director of St. Joseph's Hospital is travelling to Regina next week with local committee members for a scheduled meeting with provincial Health Minister Dustin Duncan.