Weyburn

This Sunday the Weyburn Credit Union Spark Centre will host the Little Ballers free awareness classes. 

There are fifteen spots in each age group. The classes run from 10:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., divided into four 45-minute classes for each age group.    

Owner of Little Ballers Chad Celaire says the awareness classes serve to help parents and kids experience the program for free before registering for when it starts up in the fall.  

The Canada Border Services Agency plans to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country.

The mobile reporting app would use biometrics to confirm a person's identity and record their location data when they use the app to check in. Documents obtained through access-to-information indicate that the CBSA has proposed such an app as far back as 2021. 

A spokesperson confirmed that an app called ReportIn will be launched this fall.

As you head out to enjoy the weekend, there's a few things to keep in mind. 

The hot and dry weather means an increased risk of fires. This has prompted fire bans in the area. Places under fire bans include Radville, Pangman, Willow Bunch, and the RMs of Weyburn No.67, Laurier No. 38 and Bengough No. 40.

Bear in mind these bans may impact parks within these areas.  

If you’re planning to head to Nickle Lake, the beach is closed due to high levels of toxic algae. There will be no swimming or water sports, and children and pets should be kept away from the water.  

The type of mpox spreading rapidly through several African countries could arrive in Canada, where that strain hasn't appeared before, Canadian experts say.  

The detection of clade I mpox in Sweden in someone who had travelled to an affected African country is a "harbinger" of broader spread, said Dr. Fahad Razak, an internal medicine specialist and epidemiologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. 

The Public Health Agency of Sweden said Thursday it is the first case of clade I mpox to be diagnosed outside the African continent. 

Weyburn's Marnel Spencer has achieved two World Records for Powerlifting.

Representing Team Canada at the North American Powerlifting Championship last week in Arizona, the 61-year-old also achieved 12 North American records, three Commonwealth records, and five National records. 

With a total of 18 lifts at the one-day event, including a deadlift of just under three times her 101 lb body weight, Spencer lifted 120.5 kg, which is 266 lbs, for the Squat record, with a Total World record of 316.5 kg, which is 700 lbs. 

This weekend on the Canadian Country Showcase, we're spotlighting some incredible female talent!  Tenille Arts joins us to discuss her latest single, "Last Time Last",  featuring Maddie & Tae. We'll also welcome Madeline Merlo, who received exciting news about her Grand Ole Opry debut this week. We’ll catch up on her married life, summer touring, and more! And we'll revisit a #1 hit from Taylor Swift from this week in 2009.

Tune in to the Canadian Country Showcase on Saturdays at 12 PM and Sundays at 4 PM.

The Weyburn Police Service are seeking the public's assistance in identifying two suspects. 

Anyone with information can contact the police at (306) 848-3250 or Corporal Ross at rross@weyburnpolice.ca. 

The process of setting up a professional wrestling show can be a difficult one, particularly for the first time. For Weyburn’s Troy Kramm, the owner of Souris Valley Wrestling, he is going one step further, setting the show up 4,000 kilometres away.  

The Canadian Entrepreneurs' Incentive program is undergoing some changes, but agriculture groups say that's not enough to help out farmers.

That's meant to help out small business owners with a tax break, but that's been out of reach for many farmers.

Kyle Larkin, the Executive Director at the Grain Growers of Canada, says now that's been changed but it may not be enough.

With strike action looming on the horizon railways in Canada are likely to be stopped next week.

CN and CPKC are both set to lock out workers on the 22nd, the date that a possible strike was set for by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Vice president of grain for CN Rail David Przednowec says that the current labour situation is taking up a bulk of the current conversation in the industry.