Local News

The weekly RCMP report is prepared with the assistance of the Carlyle RCMP. Issues involving the Mental Health Act, among others, are not reported. The report this week covers the period of Feb. 18 - Feb. 25. The detachment assisted with 33 calls.

The Arcola-Carlyle area is on the long road of recovering from the doctor shortage experienced over the past couple years.

The DeConnick family home lies smoking in ruins, after a fire destroyed the home late Wednesday afternoon in the hamlet of North Weyburn. No one was hurt in the fire, but the family lost everything as the blaze completely destroyed the home.

Conservative MPs fanned out across the country to see the fruits of their labours Thursday.

The Weyburn Agricultural Society played host to members of the Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies and Exhibitions (SAASE) on February 25 and 26.

Shelley Baldwin never thought she would inspire so many women to join the ?Little Dresses for Africa? project. But once they heard what she was doing, they were eager to help.

Education Minister Donna Harpauer announced more than $60 million in additional funding for 120 school renovation and improvement projects in 65 communities across the province, recently.

A regular meeting of the Weyburn City Council was held on February 28; here are the major points of interest: *Taxpayers will not be seeing an increase to their municipal taxes this year, thanks to increased funding from the Province and increased re

They were once 10 small bachelor units and now they are five rather inviting one- bedroom suites overlooking the well trimmed valley's edge at Creighton Lodge.

The provincial government changed the shared-cost funding ratio for health care facilities, decreasing the amount local communities have to raise as part of the facility's total cost from 35 per cent down to 20 per cent.