Weyburn Review

Saskatchewan building permits set a new record for June, according to a new report released by Statistics Canada. Building permits reached a value of $308 million in June, a 33.5 per cent increase over the figure for June 2011.

The president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Karen Leibovici, has appointed Debra Button of FCM's Standing Committee on International Relations as the Vice Chair.

I sometimes (not often) wonder what I am going to write about when it is my turn to blab and often I have so many topics I want to talk about that I can't decide which direction to go. This is one of those times.

When Debra Button was elected to be Mayor of Weyburn in 2006, she was the mother of one child, Riley. Now, as another election approaches, the Mayor is a mother of four.

The Southeast Connection Sport, Culture & Recreation District is very proud of Team Southeast, coming home from the 2012 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Meadow Lake with 72 medals in total.

Weyburn Inland Terminal has announced the signing of a handling agreement with the new CWB, effective immediately. Under the grain handling agreement, WIT will accept farmer deliveries of grain for CWB pool and cash contracts.

Saskatchewan livestock producers made good haying progress last week and now have 88 per cent of the hay crop cut.

Derek Foster, Canada's youngest retiree, will be speaking at the Weyburn Public Library on August 11 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. During his talk, Foster will explain how his investment strategy allowed him to retire at such an early age.

Weyburn will be hosting a a two-day workshop aimed at helping women overcome the obstacles they face in running for municipal office. The workshop will be held August 18 and 19.

Skateboarder Nic Shaw takes his skateboard up and over a barrel set atop one of the ramps at the Weyburn Youth Center's skateboard park, after he won a skateboarding competition at the park, held the evening of Aug.