Weyburn Review

As the spring session of the Legislature wrapped up on Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party touted how theirs was the only balanced provincial budget in Canada, while the Opposition NDP vowed to fight on this summer, spreading out over the province to he

The City of Weyburn has put forward its budget for the 2012, which will have a zero-per-cent increase in property taxes as it's proposed, or a one-per-cent tax increase as some of city council would have it.

Several athletes from schools in southeast Saskatchewan attended the pre-district track meet at the Weyburn Comp on May 17. The top athletes from each category advanced to the district track meet, which was held at the Comp on May 23.

April Hoffman of the STARS Show Choir has a dance with her father, Dwayne, as part of the song "Dream a Little Dream of Me", during the Comp School's final concert of the year on Wednesday evening in the Cafetorium.

Report from the Weyburn Police Service for the week of May 7 to 14: During the reporting period, police received 104 calls for service. There were 11 commercial alarms and five residential alarms.

Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Bill Hutchinson and Tourism Saskatchewan's Acting President/CEO Candace Phelps kicked off Saskatchewan Tourism Week at the Saskatchewan Science Centre in Regina.

Weyburn Comp athlete Josh Forsgren, at right, attempts to catch up to the leader during the 100 metre hurdles race in the senior boys category. Josh placed second at the pre-district hurdles race. Pre-districts were held at the Comp on Thursday.

The Under-10 Girls' Mini Red Devils soccer team was in Saskatoon from May 11 to 13 to participate in the Lakewood Kickstart Tournament. The girls faced the PA Celtics Friday night winning 2-1.

I observed this butterfly on March 31. It came out on a fine spring day and caught some rays after a long winter's nap. This is only one of the creatures that calls the Souris Valley grounds home.

Weyburn's Heather Gordon spoke about battling depression in the workplace during the Canadian Mental Health Association's Mayor's Luncheon, which was held on May 8 at McKenna Hall.