Local News

Report from the Weyburn Police Service for the week of June 6 to 12: *On June 12, police saw a vehicle travelling through Weyburn on Highway 39 at an excessive speed. The patrol car caught up to the vehicle several kilometers out of Weyburn.

A regular meeting of the Weyburn City Council was held on June 13; here are the major points of interest: *Council heard good and bad news during the monthly building department report.

Summer is in the air at Carlyle Elementary Community School. Classes have been able to take in many different field trips this year because of the South East Connection's youth experience program.

The Grade 5 students at Pleasantdale School are learning how little things can make a big difference.

The City of Weyburn has declared June 19 to 25 as Native Prairie Appreciation Week.

The entrance to River Park is under water as a result of the rain on Friday. This was one of several locations around Weyburn that experienced flooding as a result of the storm.

National Aboriginal Day isn't just about celebrating the uniqueness of our First Nations people, but also about looking within ourselves to find the common ground that Canadians share regardless of the many ancestral backgrounds we have.

Weyburn Mayor Debra Button returned recently from what she described as "a successful and productive" conference of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), hosted this year in Halifax.

This year will be the ninth year of Drive for a Cure in Carlyle. The annual event is scheduled for June 18 with an anticipated 24 teams and 96 golfers expected to take over the Carlyle Golf Club.

The end of the school year is approaching quickly and so is exam week. Exam Schedule - June 2011 Thursday, June 23, p.m.: Gr. 10: ELAB 10; Gr. 11: Math A30; Gr. 12: ELA. Friday, June 24, a.m.: Gr. 10: Math; Gr. 11: ELA; Gr. 12: History.