Weyburn Review

Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) has received an additional $643,000 in 2011-12 from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health to expand surgical capacity in the region.

A special program "for ladies only" is coming to Weyburn on May 21.

Southeast Connection is inviting southeast municipalities to their upcoming annual general meeting scheduled for May 25 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in Forget at the Happy Nun Café.

The Weyburn Community Dog Park Committee launched a new fundraiser at their first annual meeting last week.

Runoff is well advanced across most parts of southern Saskatchewan and flows have passed their peaks and are receding across much of the area, according to the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority.

Federal candidates for the Souris-Moose Mountain area were in Weyburn on April 20 to debate the issues at the All Candidates Forum, hosted by the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce.

Garry Ness shows how he had to rebuild the arm rest for the back seat, plus where the hydraulic cylinders go for the convertible roof of his current car restoration project, a 1956 Pontiac Star Chief.

Canadians will be observing Mental Health Week during the first week of May. During this week, it is important to educate the public to a higher level of understanding of the condition known as mental illness, especially to reduce stigma.

Recently the Tommy Douglas Centre hosted a nearly week-long run of the play, "On Golden Pond", providing an injection of culture to the community which many people enjoyed.

Five candidates line up for byelection on May 18