Weyburn Review

Everyone from a former Roughrider to an ICU physician have been called upon to urge Saskatchewan people to get one of the COVID-19 vaccines, including a home care aide in Weyburn.

A group of 17 students in teacher Margot Arnold’s Entrepreneurship 30 class are busy brainstorming and analyzing their ideas for the company they will begin shortly.

An online performance of the musical, Beauty and the Beast Junior, by Weyburn Comprehensive School junior high students, will be available for viewing on several dates in April, with tickets on sale as of Tuesday, March 30.

A number of foods are enjoyed during Easter celebrations, from hard-boiled eggs to ham to roasted lamb. Sweets such as candies and chocolates also take center stage on Easter Sunday.

There are 248 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 28, bringing the provincial total to 33,031 cases. There was no update provided for the Weyburn area, which had five new cases on March 27.

Come Easter Sunday, eager children wake up to see if the Easter Bunny has visited their homes. For many families, Easter would not be the same without an annual egg hunt.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is reminding Southeast residents that cases of COVID-19 are increasing and to book their vaccine appointments when their age categories open.

There are 224 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 27, bringing the provincial total to 32,783 cases. There were five new COVID cases in the Weyburn area.

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation is urging all school divisions to implement COVID-19 rapid testing protocols immediately, citing teachers being infected with the virus as a main reason, including from Weyburn.

Two Weyburn schools, Souris School and St.