Weyburn Review

Submitted by Kathryn Groshong An agriculture theme was discussed during the Town and Country Women meeting, held at Souris Gardens Condo social room on April 12, with Dorothy Dennis as hostess. There were nine members in attendance.

Lindsay Manko-Bauche, standing on the bench at right, organizer of Weyburn’s first-ever Jane’s Walk event, explains some of the history and facts behind the Souris River, to a group taking part in the inaugural walk at a stop in the Tatagwa Parkway.

A bantam lacrosse player for the Weyburn Thrashers, team No. 2, is chased by two Regina players as he runs up the court to the Regina zone, during a league lacrosse game on Thursday evening at Crescent Point Place.

A longer Christmas break is one of the benefits for the 2017-18 school calendar, which was approved by the Southeast Cornerstone Public School Division during their board meeting on Thursday.

A prairie tour was very important to Niki Ashton, a federal leadership candidate for the New Democrat Party, for it gave her a chance to connect with the roots of Tommy Douglas in Weyburn, and her own prairie roots.

The Ministry of Environment plans to develop new scrap tire recycling regulations to reflect changing industry needs in Saskatchewan and address increasing public expectations for governance, accountability and transparency.

A new elementary school is being planned by the Southeast Cornerstone Public School Division, and they have received $1.3 million in planning money for the new build.

As graduation season is quickly approaching, SGI is reminding students to make planning a safe ride home part of their celebrations. Teen drivers are overrepresented in fatal collisions involving drugs and alcohol.

There were 23 artists who competed in the annual art adjudication, hosted by the Weyburn Arts Council at the Signal Hill Arts Centre.

Submitted by Max Himsl In a sudden plot twist we move far from the bucolic landscape of Art Farm and dive deep into the edgy urban underground of Weyburn’s art scene. And it is underground.