Weyburn Review

SaskPower is requesting a rate increase five per cent increase that would take effect March 1, 2018.

Producers in the province have two per cent of the crop combined and three per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

A number of card games and other activities were held at the Wheatland Senior Centre. The results of the Senior Centre’s activities from August 7 to 13 are as follows: Bridge: (Monday) 1st Kay Bachman, 2nd Chris Diemert.

The Weyburn Salvation Army will be offering their “Back to School” program for families that need assistance purchasing school supplies. Families will have until Monday, August 21 to apply for assistance.

All police vehicles of the RCMP’s Southeast Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan are now equipped with automated licence plate readers (ALPRs).

The Weyburn Chamber of Commerce and the Weyburn Red Wings are thrilled to announce that the Montreal Canadiens Alumni Tour presented by Canadian Tire will make a stop at Crescent Point Place on December 1st, at 7.30 pm.

The Soo Line Historical Museum held a bread-baking contest, during the Weyburn Wheat Festival on August 11. The overall winner went to Isabelle Larson with her handmade Multigrain Bread. She won a Kitchen Aid Mixer from Elite Kitchens.

Staff members from the City of Weyburn are currently selling Duck Derby tickets for the fourth annual Duck Derby to be held on Sunday, August 27. There will be roughly 5,000 numbered ducks dumped into the Souris River at 12 noon.

Southeast College is busy making preparations for its 19th annual Weyburn Swing for Scholarships Golf Tournament.

Choosing a career as a politician can be difficult for any person. There is a delicate balance of life between serving the ‘public sector’, and supporting the party line.