Weyburn Review

Sports games suspended, gatherings, churches reduced sizes

There are 164 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Nov. 25, bringing the provincial total to date to 7,047 cases.The seven-day average of daily cases is 214 (17.7 new cases per 100,000 population).

A presentation about the Rotary Foundation was given to members of the Weyburn Rotary Club at their Zoom meeting on Thursday, as a charity that seeks “to do good in the world”.

A petition asking the City of Weyburn to prohibit all COVID-19 restrictions or lockdowns was rejected by city council at their meeting on Monday evening, as the petition did not meet the legal requirements to be considered by council.

The U15 Weyburn Co-op Wings are challenging all Weyburn Minor Hockey Association teams to join them in their campaign “Hockey Fights Hunger” to raise cash and gift cards for the Weyburn Salvation Army Food Bank.

Weyburn Review editorial

My Nikkel’s Worth column

This year has been the worst the Canadian oil industry has seen in modern times when it comes to drilling, and next year isn’t looking a whole lot better. In its annual forecast for the coming year, released on Nov.

(Photo of Dr. Mainprize from Mainprize Project Facebook page) A gofundme fundraising campaign was launched on Nov. 17 to help fund the Mainprize Project officially ( https://www.gofundme.com/f/mainprize-project ).

A new rail-based initiative, Weyburn Industrial Transload, is getting close to when they will be able start up, with some details needing to be finalized in the next while, members of the Weyburn Rotary Club heard in a Zoom presentation on Thursday.