Weyburn Review

Following the conclusion of the 2020-21 season, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association announced the recipients of the 2021 SHA Awards, including Mike Weger as Volunteer of the Year - South.

The Weyburn Police Service is honoured to recognize Brendan Gall with a Certificate of Appreciation for his quick response during an incident on May 5 at a local restaurant that helped save a life.

The Weyburn Review and Weyburn This Week newspapers won several awards in their circulation categories in the annual Better Newspaper Awards presented by the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association (SWNA) for 2020.

A pilot program developed in conjunction with Hockey Canada will be offered in two schools in the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division, at St. Michael School in Weyburn and Sacred Heart School in Estevan for the 2021-22 school year.

Eligibility in the provincial age-based immunization program for first doses moved to 16 years of age and older for the entire province as of May 18, including the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District.

Saskatchewan municipalities continue moving forward on approved projects under the Municipal Economic Enhancement Program (MEEP) 2020, which made $150 million in provincial funds available to support economic recovery across Saskatchewan.

The weekend was busy for the Weyburn Police Service, with most of the week’s calls for service coming on Friday through Sunday.

Initial ground work and construction is now underway for the Pesâkâstêw Solar Project in the RM of Weyburn, southwest of the city.

Seeding operations may be largely wrapped up by the May long weekend with the warm, dry weather, unless some forecasted weather stalls the planting for a few days. According to Sask.

There were no new COVID cases in the Weyburn area as of May 16, with 167 new cases of COVID-19 province-wide, bringing the provincial total to 44,531 cases. One new death is reported today in the 80+ age group from the Saskatoon zone.