Weyburn Review

The Weyburn Oil Show Board donated $5,000 to the Southeast College Education Foundation on December 3 to give youth the opportunity to participate in safety training programs in the oil and gas industry.

The Weyburn Humane Society is seeking help in the form of new board members and volunteers at their upcoming annual general meeting. The yearly meeting will disclose the current financial situation of the organization and is open to the public.

The Weyburn Performing Arts Society is getting a new name, new look and a new logo to go with the proposed theatre/convention centre they are partnering with the City and the public school division to build.

Members of the Vilcu's Karate Club competed in the Fifth Annual open martial arts Young Tigers Challenge in Melville on Nov. 27. The competition was open to participants of all ages, levels and styles of martial arts.

Lt. Mike Mailman, left, gets the adults and children ready to set off in their float in the Parade of Lights, which was held on Thursday evening by the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce to help kick off the Christmas season.

Envision Counselling and Support Centre used the week of Dec. 2 to 9 to shed light on the issue of partner abuse. Executive Director of Envision Patt Lenover-Adams stated that the "research and statistics on partner abuse is staggering.

Kathy Huang, 17-months, looks up in wonder at Santa Claus as her mother Xue Li comforts Kary Huang, four years, at Tatagwa View on Wednesday.

Two very well-known names came up at recent parole hearings, both cases making it to the national news on the strength of who was involved; the cases are very, very different, but some may argue, they show what's wrong with our parole system today.

The federal government announced an extension to their deadline for completion of the Economic Action Plan Infrastructure projects on Thursday.

Weyburn's Mayor Debra Button is in Ukraine as part of a mission from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) to help provide leadership and guidance to municipalities there in dealing with an economic crisis.