Dylan Fiessel

Protein Industries Canada has put an open call out for projects exploring the blending of pulses and cereal crops to create new ingredients and plant-based food products as well as improve existing ones in store shelves.  

Winter is coming, soon we’ll have to embrace the snow, ice, wind and the cold and continue our lives around it, including driving. With more and more traffic on the roads including semi-drivers, it’s a good idea to refresh on how semi-trucks operate differently in the winter months. Jordan Hopfe is the owner of Hopfe Training Centre here in Weyburn who trains drivers to get their 1A license.

With the snow falling and the temperatures cooling in Weyburn, motorists may be scrambling to get their vehicle in winter condition. We rely on our vehicles to transport us from place to place safely and ensuring that your vehicle is ready for the winter months is key to not get stranded spinning your tires, or with a dead battery. Ben Anderson, store manager at Kal Tire here in Weyburn, encourages motorists to prepare and get ready. 

With the holidays just around the corner, the spirit of giving is alive and well in southeast Saskatchewan. A brand-new online auction raising funds for Teddy Bears Anonymous is set to take place in December, but donations for this online auction are only accepted until the end of this month.  

Earlier this year, Protein Industries Canada announced a project and partnership with agriculture companies to help improve plant-based products including cheese. Partnering with Daiya Foods, Ingredion, Ingredion Plant Based Specialties (IPBPS) and Lovingly Made Flour Mills; the goal is to use Canadian grown crops such as peas and faba beans to help improve the taste, texture, and overall quality of plant-based cheese.  

Congratulations to Mrs. Fisher’s Grade 6 class from St. Olivier School in Radville for winning October's Classroom of the Month, presented by Canadian Tire! 

We loaded the cruiser with some delicious treats and goodies from our friends at Boston Pizza, Stranger Danger Candy, Absolute Computer Services, Old Fashion Foods and Edge Safety and Supply Inc. and headed southwest to St. Olivier School in Radville to deliver to the Grade 6 class! 

With Christmas just a few weeks away, the spirit is already making its way to Weyburn. Christmas carols are an integral part of Christmas, and The Rotary Club of Weyburn is ready to lift spirits with the 71st annual Festival of Carols on December 1st. Doug Loden with the Weyburn Rotary explains the history of the annual festival. 

Joe Kleinsasser has dedicated his entire life to agriculture, and now he’s rewarded for it. Kleinsasser was awarded the Farm & Food Care 2024 Champion award earlier this week at the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium in Saskatoon, SK.  

Driving in Saskatchewan winters is hard for any seasoned driver who has lived in Saskatchewan their whole life, let alone someone new to the country. That’s why the Southeast Advocates Newcomer Services are presenting a brand-new virtual workshop to help newcomers to Canada handle driving in adverse conditions.  

The long train keeps rolling, the holiday train that is! CPKC is sending their 26th annual Holiday Train down the tracks starting on November 21st. Since 1999, CPKC has decorated up their holiday train and steamed through Canada and the U.S. spreading holiday cheer and raising funds for a great cause. Terry Cunha is a spokesperson with the CPKC who explains how the spirit of Christmas helps those in need.