Weyburn

A tragic death in Midale shattered a family last week, and the community is rallying to help.  

The Currie family had recently relocated to Midale, but then on Friday, Ryan Currie passed away unexpectedly. A GoFundMe has been set up for his wife, Rebecca, and their four children – the youngest is three months old. The GoFundMe was created by Rebecca’s brother, Matthew Hennigar. 

While there is just under a week officially left in summer, summer-like conditions may be ending sooner than the start of fall on Sunday.  

Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Weyburn and the surrounding area as the temperature is expected to climb into the high 20s today, but starting tonight, things could start to get very autumnal.  

The Canadian Foodgrains Bank has once again received federal government funding with a grant for $100 million over the next four years.

Split into $25 million per year, that will go towards their programs which help Candian-produced food go to hungry mouths internationally.

Andy Harrington, the executive director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, says he's happy to be able to help more people over the next four years.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another devastating byelection blow with the loss of a second Liberal stronghold, this one to the Bloc Québécois in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun.

Voters went to the polls Monday in the Montreal riding as well as in Winnipeg's Elmwood—Transcona, where the NDP retained its long-held seat after a tough race against the Conservatives.

Trudeau already faced calls from party faithful to resign as leader after unexpectedly losing Toronto—St. Paul’s to the Conservatives in a byelection this past June.

On Thursday morning, the Weyburn Police Service were called to the scene of a collision in the parking lot of Southeast College. One vehicle was pulling into the lot from King Street, the other was travelling north through the lot. The vehicles collided, causing enough damage for both vehicles to be towed away, however, neither of the drivers were injured.  

Sergeant Shane St. John says typically parking lot incidents only result in fender benders. He says it's important to yield to the right of way.  

Weyburn Culture Days will be kicking off on September 20th as part of the national event celebrating culture and diversity across the country. This is the twelfth time Weyburn has participated, curator for the Weyburn Art Gallery, Regan Lanning says it’s “designed to create opportunities for cultural awareness and cultural sharing within our communities.” 

After being elected to his seat on Weyburn City Council in May, following a bi-election held after the passing of long-term Councillor Dick Michel, Larry Heggs has announced his plans to run for another term in the upcoming municipal election.

For Heggs, the learning curve of City Council wasn't so steep, given his background with the chamber and regional economic development.

While the Weyburn Humane Society's special on spayed and neutered dogs has been seeing some success, the animal shelter has seen an overall decline in volunteers and donations.

Members of Parliament will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons Monday evening on a string of recent deaths of First Nations people during interactions with Canadian police forces.

Six First Nations people have died in the last two weeks at the hands of police officers, which NDP MP Lori Idlout characterizes as a "disturbing pattern."

She wrote a letter to House Speaker Greg Fergus calling for the emergency debate, lambasting what she called a lack of media coverage of the deaths and inaction by the government to pass legislation on First Nations policing.

Germany is coming back to Weyburn this year with the 4th annual Oktoberfest fundraiser happening on October 5th at the Weyburn Legion. A fun filled evening of food, drink, and dance for those 19 years of age or older with live music from two local bands.