Weyburn Review

Weyburn athlete Ella Schenher, 15, is preparing to represent Saskatchewan for three different sports this year: football, lacrosse and hockey.

A number of Weyburn area 4-H clubs held their Club Achievement Days in the Souris Valley Industries Show and Sale Arena over the weekend prior to the Interclub Regional 4-H Show.

Smoke from wildfires in Alberta is causing reduced air quality.

A secondary light show lit up skies in the Weyburn region, as a thunderstorm rolled through the area, with some of the lightning visible to watchers of the City of Weyburn's Canada Day fireworks show on Saturday evening.

The City of Weyburn held their annual Canada Day fireworks show at the end of day on July 1, firing the colourful rockets from the west end of the fair grounds. Thousands of residents packed the fair grounds and the parking lots across the highway by Sims Avenue, to watch the celebration of Canada's birthday.

Thunderstorms were expected to develop late in the afternoon.

Canada Day was celebrated with a bike parade at Nickle Lake Regional Park on Saturday morning, with bright red-and-white decorations on the bikes. Children were able to take part in Canada Day crafts later, and an open-air market was held in the park area near the Beaver's Den. Later in the day, the Souris River Smoke BBQ competition will begin, and live entertainment will be held.

A flag ceremony for Canada Day was celebrated by the City of Weyburn, at the Weyburn Leisure Centre on July 1.

Weyburn, Estevan, Carlyle and Oxbow will receive rapid access counselling services through Envision Counselling with new government funding.

Three adults are in custody after a vehicle stop, and the execution of a search warrant on a house in southwest Weyburn on Thursday evening.