Weyburn Review

Students from Grades 8 and 9 hold up their plates of food in thankfulness as the food is blessed, before they begin to eat their lunch in the traditional style of the First Nations, at St. Michael School on Mar. 28.

Children enjoy playing in the water at the Weyburn Leisure Centre during an unusually cold spring holiday week. Worm Wednesday, pictured here on April 3, is open to the public every week from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Barb Frazer, a knowledge keeper, First Nations cultural advisor and traditional art-forms artist, speaks to students from Grades 8 and 9 about blessing and being thankful for their food before they begin to eat a lunch in the tradition of First Natio

City workers Don Waddell, left, and Les Myers, work to clear drains on the corner of Railway and Sixth Street during the early morning hours of April 3.

The Weyburn Duplicate Bridge Club holds games Monday evenings at 7:00 p.m. and Thursday afternoons at 1:00 p.m. at the Wheatland Senior Centre. All bridge players are welcome.

Brad Johner and his five sons will be performing on April 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Cafetorium at Weyburn Comprehensive School.

City Council has warned residents of imminent increases in school taxes due to the provincial property reassessment process. City-wide, the total increase to school taxes will come to nearly $1.2 million and will come to an average increase of 27.

"There were three significant announcements today regarding infrastructure funding for border crossings in Canada and North Portal was one of them," said MP for Souris-Moose Mountain, Ed Komarnicki on April 2.

Report from the Weyburn Police Service for the week of March 25 to 31: During the reporting period, police responded to 98 calls for service.

The Family Place will be holding its annual Gargantuan Garage Sale on Tuesday, April 9 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, April 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Weyburn Curling Club.