Steven Wilson

Access to emergency medical care in Arcola is getting a boost thanks to the expansion of the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s Virtual Physician Program.

The SHA confirmed that Arcola is the latest rural community to implement the program, which uses remote technology to connect emergency department physicians with local health-care teams when in-person doctors are temporarily unavailable. The program is part of the provincial government's ongoing efforts to support health care in rural and remote areas while recruitment for permanent physicians continues.

The number of inactive oil wells in Saskatchewan has fallen for the second year in a row, thanks to the province's Inactive Liability Reduction Program (ILRP), according to the Ministry of Energy and Resources. 

Last week, the provincial government, in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, announced the launch of a new Young Entrepreneur Bursary program, which will provide bursaries of up to $5,000 to 57 young entrepreneurs across the province.  

Access to emergency medical care in Arcola is getting a boost thanks to the expansion of the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s Virtual Physician Program.

The SHA confirmed that Arcola is the latest rural community to implement the program, which uses remote technology to connect emergency department physicians with local health-care teams when in-person doctors are temporarily unavailable. The program is part of the provincial government's ongoing efforts to support health care in rural and remote areas while recruitment for permanent physicians continues.

The Government of Saskatchewan has launched the Low Productivity and Reactivation Oil Well Program (LPRP), a four-year incentive designed to encourage companies to bring dormant oil wells back into production. The program will apply province-wide, but early indicators suggest the southeast could be a key focus. Saturn Oil and Gas, the first company to participate in the program, has already been looking at reactivating wells in the region. 

Saskatchewan’s Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Bernadette McIntyre, was welcomed by King Charles III for a private audience at Buckingham Palace Wednesday, a meeting that also served to showcase gifts from across the province, including the southeast. 

A new Holy Father of the Roman Catholic Church has been appointed in Rome and has taken the name of Leo XIV. We spoke with Donald Bolen, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina, to get his reaction.  

The new pope is Robert Francis Prevost, an American from Chicago who spent many years as a bishop in Peru, where he also holds citizenship.   

With sunny skies and daytime highs climbing above 30°C this week, Environment and Climate Change Canada is reminding farmers and others working outdoors to take precautions against the heat and UV exposure. 

Temperatures are expected to reach 31°C on both Wednesday and Saturday in the Weyburn area, with a UV index of 7 or higher, considered “high” on the scale and posing a risk of skin damage with prolonged exposure. 

The RCMP are investigating a case of grain theft that happened near Ogema.  

The report was made to the RCMP on April 12th and is suspected to have happened sometime between the spring of 2024 and April 2025. The investigation has determined someone stole roughly 5,000 bushels of grain from bulk storage bins on the property. The volume of grain would be enough to fill roughly 1.5 rail hoppers.  

The season came to an end two games too early for the Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings, as they were stopped by the Melfort Mustangs in Game 5 of the Canterra Seeds Cup Finals Sunday night. The Mustangs would keep Weyburn off the board as they went on to a 3-0 win to take the series 4-1.