Weyburn Review

By Greg Nikkel Southeast College is gathering input from various sources to develop their strategic plan for the next five years.

To the Editor: As we transition to one provincial Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) in December, health care workers are anxious about yet another health care experiment by this government.

Weyburn’s Brett Jones is making quite the name for himself in the NFL, after earning a roster spot on the offensive line for the New York Giants.

By Margaret F. Sadler (Editor’s note: This is the account of how a family paid tribute to a great-grandfather who died and was buried in Weyburn in an unmarked grave, 65 years after his death.

Weyburn police received numerous reports of a potential scam involving a home alarm system on Nov. 14. The subject claims to be an employee of GE Electric and shows a picture of an alarm panel stating it needs changed.

The provincial government approved an increase to SaskEnergy’s service rate of 3.6 per cent, which took effect on Nov. 1. The average increase for residential customers will be about $1.65 per month or $20 a year.

Members of the cast of the musical “Aladdin” sang about the “Arabian Nights” in the theme song for the production to be performed by the junior high grades at the Weyburn Comprehensive School on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 28 and 29.

Drivers with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .04 or higher who transport children will face even longer roadside licence suspensions and vehicle seizures under legislation introduced in the Legislature recently.

The student body of Queen Elizabeth School jumped and danced as part of a group dance performance on Friday, led by instructors from the SQX Dance Company, which led workshops at this school and at Haig on Thursday and Friday.

A trio of Red Wings players read excerpts from a hockey-themed book, “Puckster Goes to the Olympics”, during a visit to the Grade 2 classroom at Assiniboia Park School on Thursday afternoon.