Weyburn Review

Weyburn city council is working out fire agreements with area Rural Municipalities as they want to increase the amount paid by the RMs for fire and rescue services.

The 2016/17 school year is up and running at the Weyburn Comprehensive School, with around 900 Grade 7-12 students in class.

City police attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Highway 39 near Sims Avenue around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. The incident involved two vehicles which were driving at a fast and erratic rate of speed.

Mayor Debra Button, Coun. Laura Morrissette and Faye Billington watch as Verna O’Neill raises the Terry Fox flag at City Hall on Monday morning.

“Cookie”, a rescue dog, meets people visiting the “Dog Days of Summer” festival on Saturday at the City Centre Mall parking lot.

Ciera Romanow hangs on tight in the senior steer-riding event at the Little Spurs Rodeo finals on Saturday afternoon. She earned 73 points for her ride, which was good enough to win the senior steer-riding title at the finals.

Santa Claus (a.k.a. Don Sealy) has his sleigh pulled as the lead in the annual Toy Run, held by the Weyburn Independent Riders on Saturday as they ride west on Railway Avenue.

Weyburn residents are invited to be a part of the Terry Fox flag-raising event on Monday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. in front of City Hall.

A newly released paper, developed by University of Regina researcher, Dr. Nick Carleton finds that more needs to be done to help Canada’s first responders and other public safety personnel who are dealing with trauma often associated with their work.

Another successful harvest was completed at the Pangman Charity Farms, located at Joyce and Ken Kaufmanns near Pangman, Sask. Four combines, three grain trucks, volunteer man power and generous-hearts completed the eighth annual harvest.