Weyburn Review

The province of Saskatchewan will be using AstraZenca to immunize adults 40 years and older, joining other provinces that have already moved to this age level. AstraZeneca will be integrated into the provincial vaccination roll-out plan.

The Weyburn Police Service received 76 calls for service during the week of April 12-18, resulting in a total of 22 charges.

Due to increased COVID-19 transmission risk throughout the province, the Chief Medical Health Officer has extended all current provincial public health orders until May 10, 2021. The orders will be reviewed at that time.

Lending a hand to individuals or families who experience small or large disasters is all part of the job for Red Cross volunteer Wanda Miller.

The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division will hold Catholic Education Week on May 9-16, and will hold service awards for staff virtually as part of that week’s celebration.

Over two dozen Saskatchewan health care organizations have launched a campaign to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as a vaccine is available to them.

There are 243 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 19, bringing the provincial total to 38,401 cases.

A team from the Weyburn Comprehensive School’s Entrepreneurship class has entered a video in a case competition at SAIT in Calgary, and are hoping to garner votes online for their submission.

The SCMA revealed its annual award winners during a virtual ceremony Saturday night, with Tenille Arts coming away as a major winner, including Female Artist of the Year.

There are 289 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 18, bringing the provincial total to 38,160 cases. Weyburn has five new COVID cases, with 103 active cases now in the Weyburn area, and 313 active cases for the southeast region.