Local News

The official word from the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority is "Run-off is well underway." In that statement is both good news and not so good news.

How do two people with the same upbringing turn out so different? That is the question author Cecile Wehrman set out to discover when she began writing "The Brothers Krimm.

On April 5, junior and senior curlers from G.F.K. high school attended the Ford World Men's Curling Championship. Thirteen students, along with coaches and supervisors, made their way to Regina to take in the world-class curling.

A regular meeting of the Weyburn City Council was held on April 26; here are the main points of interest: Flood Planning Weyburn has so far been luckier than other Saskatchewan cities when it comes to flooding but high water levels are still a concer

The second annual Weyburn Campaign to End Duchenne will be taking place on May 14. The fundraiser is being organized by the Kerr family, which has four young boys living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Weyburn.

Incoming University of Saskatchewan students and their parents living in Weyburn and area are invited to attend U-Start, a free two-hour program that will help them prepare for their academic future at the U of S.

Helping children is on the menu at Weyburn's McDonald's Restaurants this May. It's McHappy Day on Wednesday, May 11 and for every Big Mac, coffee or Happy Meal purchased, $1 will go to help The Family Place.

Report from the Weyburn Police Service for week of April 18 to 24:*On April 24, police officers stopped a fight outside a local bar. A man was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place and charged under the local fighting bylaw.

A woman has been charges with arson for a house fire near Carlyle. On April 26 at 9:20 p.m. Carlyle RCMP and the Kipling Fire Department were called to a house fire on the Pheasant Rump First Nation.

A variety of calls and incidents kept Members of Carlyle's Finest busy from April 15 -21. There were false alarms at a home and business, where alarm systems were activated inadvertently.