Local News

The third annual Walk to End Duchenne will be happening on Saturday, May 12. The event was initiated by a Weyburn couple, Andrew Kerr and his wife Mandy. The Kerrs have two young sons with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Tianna Kennett, Jackie Hoffman, Shane Hirtle, Santanna Mills, Brett Turgeon, Luke McCrimmon, Hayley Englot, and Brayden Rowley as members of the Model United Nations (MUN) at Manor School have been working hard all year long.

Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) is looking for people who would like to support their local communities by becoming part of the local emergency medical services (EMS) team.

The Women's Wellness Day that was held at Kenossee Inn on May 5 was a great success. With a morning of thick fog about 90 women were able to attend, many impressed with what the day brought.

During this week, the Safety Team visited towns competing in the SGI seatbelt challenge, an event held each year to encourage seatbelt use. This first visit was a traveling car seat safety clinic.

"Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck." Will the luck a penny carries soon increase? With the end to production of pennies and the slow elimination from circulation, a penny found on the ground might soon become rare.

The May 2 meeting of the Carlyle town council proved to be exciting, as council decided to move ahead with the planned-for sewer trunk line on the south end of town, despite the fact permission for borrowing is still pending.

The Weyburn office of the Canadian Cancer Society will be holding its annual Survivor Tea for the Relay For Life on Saturday, May 12 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Captain's Hall.

Two per cent of the 2012 crop has been seeded, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report.

Main Street turned into a wave of pink May 2, as students and community business' joined in the fight to stop bullying. This marked the second annual Pink Shirt Day for Carlyle and showed proof of growth since last year's event.