Weyburn

Most Canadians believe the country is making good progress on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, a new poll from Leger suggests.

"The extent to which people feel progress on reconciliation is being made or not has an important bearing on how they feel about the country," said Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies, which commissioned the poll.

The survey of 1,580 respondents was conducted between June 20 and 22. A margin of error cannot be associated to the survey because online polls are not considered to be truly random samples.

The 33rd annual Midale Oilmen's Golf Tournament was held on July 11th at the Mainprize Golf Course, raising just over $12,000 from the game and sponsors.

Darren Moldenhauer said, "We had a great day. We had 72 golfers with Payden Benning and Nolan Rohatyn having the low round for the day."

He said the Horse Race winners were Anthony Melle and Brock Simpson.

The sponsors that helped to make the event possible: 

The Weyburn Beavers came up on the losing end of a high-scoring affair Friday night at Tom Laing Park, dropping a 13–6 decision to the visiting Moose Jaw Miller Express.

Despite a solid offensive effort from Weyburn, including a two-hit, two-run night from Ryan Muizelaar and a pair of RBIs from Luke Malzewski, the Beavers couldn’t keep pace with a relentless Moose Jaw lineup that tallied 14 hits and broke the game open with a six-run sixth inning.

Last week saw a slightly above average number of calls to the Weyburn Police Service, with members responding to 91 in all, including 13 requests for well-being or mental health checks. According to the weekly report, the majority of those incidents were resolved without needing further intervention. Two people, however, were taken to the hospital for additional care.

Read more: Deputy Chief comments on mental health calls, cyber-bullying

A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to identify cuts to program spending at their departments of 15 per cent by 2028-29.

The report, written by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist David Macdonald, says the federal public service could lose up to 57,000 employees by 2028.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada's new Arctic ambassador will play a key role in preserving sovereignty in the region as the military closely watches the movements of a Chinese icebreaker.

Iqaluit resident Virginia Mearns will be Canada's senior Arctic official on the world stage, following a career with local Inuit governments.

"Canada's Arctic ambassador is going to advance Canada's polar interests in multilateral forums," Anand told The Canadian Press in an interview from Inuvik, N.W.T.

With warm weather on the way this weekend, it’s a perfect opportunity to get out and enjoy some good friends, good food, good memories, and just a good time. That’s the plan for this upcoming Sunday in Fillmore as they’ve announced their first-ever Fillmore Heritage Day will wrap up the final weekend of July. Tracey Kyrylchuk, mayor of Fillmore, says it’ll be a fun Sunday for the community. 

The U.S. has imposed general tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles and copper tariffs will begin in early August

In order to provide some relief from the threat of 35 per cent tariffs, Bangladesh has decided to sign a memorandum of understanding on wheat trade with the U.S. The country has agreed to purchase 700,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat annually for the next five years. Photo: file

Tariffs, trade top of mind at recent Agriculture in Motion show

While there’s more to be done, Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe says he’s hopeful trade relations with China can be mended.

“I’ll give credit to prime minister Carney for the engagement that he has undertaken,” Moe said in an interview at the recent Ag in Motion farm show near Saskatoon.

The invasive weed is now being spotted further north than ever before

Farmers in Alberta have a growing problem on their hands, as a notorious weed has started making its way north through the province.

The rapid and relentless spread of kochia, the highly adaptable and increasingly resistant weed, is moving north and taking root in places scientists thought it never would.