Weyburn Review

The Weyburn Horticulture Society presented the trophy awards for 2016 at their meeting on Oct. 25, held at the Perfect Inns. In Class 1, the Eva Howell Trophy for best house plant went to Alice Schneider.

SaskPower is making significant investments in the province’s electrical system to keep up with a growing demand for power, meet environmental commitments and renew and grow an aging power grid.

By Greg Nikkel Weyburn voters spoke loud and clear on Wednesday evening, as they wanted change on city council, with a new mayor and three new councillors elected in addition to three incumbents.

The 35th annual Communithon reached the total of $109,237 when the annual telethon for the Weyburn and District United Way went off the air at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Cugnet Centre, shy of the goal of $130,000.

The top winners in three categories show off their pumpkins and prizes at the conclusion of the family pumpkin-carving event held on Thursday evening at the Weyburn Public Library, just in time to provide some custom-carved pumpkins for Halloween, on

The young children’s choir, Small Voices of Grace, sings “You Can’t Get to Heaven on Rollerskates” as they perform on the Communithon stage on Saturday morning at the Cugnet Centre, led by Kendra Gonczy with Colleen Weimer playing piano.

The organizers and volunteers for the Weyburn and District United Way gather around the totals board at the end of the Communithon telethon on Saturday afternoon on the stage of the Cugnet Centre, showing the total at $109,237 when the event went off

A change to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 was introduced on October 25 which will expand workers’ compensation coverage to workers suffering psychological injuries.

The members of the Grades 4-5 class from St. Michael School play the kazoo during the song, “Itsy-Bitsy Spider”, during their performance at Communithon on Friday morning at the Cugnet Centre.

Dozens of physicians recently began practising in Saskatchewan, improving access to physician services for Saskatchewan residents. Saskatchewan is making progress in keeping more locally-trained family medicine graduates in the province.