Weyburn Review

Weyburn Fire Department was dispatched at 12:07 p.m. to a report of a large- possible tire fire at the Canadian Tire Weyburn location on April 28.

Effective 8:00am, Apr. 30, 2021, eligibility in the provincial age-based immunization program moves to age 40 and older, except for residents living in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, where it remains at age 30 and older.

The 2020 annual reports for Saskatchewan’s Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner, Mary McFadyen, were tabled in the Legislature today. While some complaints to her Office continued as usual, the pandemic affected others.

Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore has assumed her role as the Commanding Officer for the Saskatchewan RCMP.

The Saskatchewan government announced the creation of an online portal called Parent Central to help parents or caregivers find and access licensed child care, information, programming or services for children from the ages of zero to six.

There are 10 new cases reported in the South East 3 Zone on April 29. The South East 3 Zone includes Weyburn and area.

With the arrival of spring comes the arrival of the potential for wildfires, floods or tornados, so this Emergency Preparedness Week, which runs May 2-8, 2021, is the perfect time to get prepared, just in case.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding the public of an increased risk of COVID-19 in Regina and is strongly urging Saskatchewan residents to strictly adhere to all public health orders and measures.

SaskTel announced that it will invest approximately $323 million of capital in Saskatchewan in 2021-2022 and over $1.4 billion over the next five years.

The Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) released its injury statistics, announcing that workplace injury rates decreased in 2020. The workplace total injury rate for 2020 was 4.46 per 100 workers, a 10 per cent decrease from 2019.