Steven Wilson

For Souris-Moose Mountain MP Dr. Robert Kitchen, one of his biggest highlights over the past 12 months has been his job itself. In a year-end interview with Discover Weyburn, he noted getting out to be with his constituents has been at the top of his list.  

The past year marks the first full year for Carla Beck as the leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. She told Discover Weyburn when asked about the highlights for her of 2023, the year has been one of growth for the NDP, who are the Official Opposition in the provincial Legislature.  

The provincial Ministry of Environment is continuing to monitor for chronic wasting disease and is looking to the hunters of the province to assist. To do this, they are asking for hunters to submit samples from the animals. 

“It was definitely something special, and something that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.” 

Those words from Ty Mason about his experiences playing with Team Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge in Truro, Nova Scotia earlier this month, and coming home from the tournament with a gold medal.  

The provincial Ministry of Environment is continuing to monitor for chronic wasting disease and is looking to the hunters of the province to assist. To do this, they are asking for hunters to submit samples from the animals. 

Christmas is just under a week away, and in most years, we have a pretty clear idea if we will have a white Christmas or not.  

“The answer is, we don’t know yet, because there’s a few things going on when we determine white Christmases,” said Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Terri Lang. The biggest factor is the amount of snow on the ground. Environment Canada considers it to be a white Christmas if there are two or more centimetres of snow on the ground.

Throughout the southeast, and across the whole province, respiratory illnesses have been on the rise. In the most recent Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program, released by the provincial Ministry of Health on December 8th, the primary cause for respiratory illnesses was influenza, followed by COVID-19, then Respiratory Syncytial Virus.  

A former Saskatchewan resident who was arrested in the United States in August of 2022, ending an AMBER Alert for two children reported as missing from Eastend, has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in South Dakota in connection to the case. 

Late last week, Members of Parliament put in a lot of overtime, as they sat for nearly 30 hours voting on 134 separate motions, all of which needed to be passed by the federal Liberal government as part of the spending estimates. Each one of the 134 motions, which were put forward by the Conservative opposition, was a confidence motion.  

A tragic situation in Prince George, British Columbia has the RCMP encouraging parents and caregivers to have open, honest conversations with their children about financial sextortion.  

Catherine Tabak is the senior manager for cybertip.ca, the national tipline for reporting incidents of online child sexual abuse and exploitation, and it is operated through the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. She explained what sextortion is.