Weyburn Review

Crop insurance claims increase due to moisture

The annual Wheat Festival will be taking place throughout Weyburn from Friday, August 5 until Sunday, August 7.

The Weyburn Riding and Driving Club will be making some improvements to the city barns area they are leasing from the city just west of the Souris Valley grounds.

An up and coming singer from the Weyburn area, along with an established country star who grew up in Midale, will be part of the "Flood of Relief" benefit concert to be held in Regina on Friday, July 22.

After years of fighting with producers who simply want a choice in how to market their own grain, the end seems to be drawing near for the Canadian Wheat Board.

Four pigs escape in different directions as they are being chased by participants in the pig scramble in Creelman on Saturday.

A regular meeting of the Weyburn City Council was held on July 11; here are the major points of interest:*Council learned that the City of Weyburn may see another record breaking construction year, according to the monthly building department report.

Currently on display at the Allie Griffin Art Gallery is an exhibit celebrating Mother Earth. Saskatchewan photographer Courtney Milne's "Visions of the Goddess" is a sample of 25 of his images, blended with stories by his partner Sherrill Miller.

The University of Regina is holding an Educating Youths in Engineering and Science (EYES) Camp at the Weyburn Comprehensive School from Monday, July 18 to Friday, July 22. The camp is put on by the science and engineering faculties at the University.

On display in the Signal Hill Gallery are drawings, paintings and bronze sculpture by Milestone artist Jack Pickering.