Weyburn

The RCMP has charged a Weyburn-area man following an investigation into a report received in mid-March. 

He is facing charges of sexual exploitation of a person with a disability, and sexual assault. 

A court-ordered publication ban is in effect, which prohibits the release of any information that could identify the victim. As a result, the name of the accused is not being published. 

Former Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings captain Braden Birnie has just finished his junior year with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks. While the Nanooks fell short of reaching the Frozen Four, Birnie, who is the captain of the hockey team, said the 2024–25 campaign was filled with growth and valuable experience. 

Canadians got a break on inflation in March as gas prices fell and a slowdown in travel to the United States helped cool airfare costs, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

The annual rate of inflation slowed to 2.3 per cent last month, down from 2.6 per cent in February. A poll provided by LSEG Data & Analytics ahead of Tuesday’s release had expected yearly inflation to hold steady month-to-month.

StatCan said gas prices fell 1.6 per cent year-over-year in March, coming off a hike of 5.1 per cent in February.

The Salvation Army has put out a wishlist of items needed at the food bank. Community Ministry Worker for the Weyburn Salvation Army, Nicole Strickland explains these are staple items.

"These are items that we have to go and purchase when we run out of, so they are stuff that we make sure are in the monthly hampers."

The items in particular are cereal, canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned meat and crackers. Stickland also notes they don't mind getting smaller sizes of these items, as it makes it easier to distribute to more families in need. 

The Variations Choir is wrapping up the season with two spring concerts next weekend, 'Connected Through the Decades'. 

With six successful events last year, the Weyburn Market on the Farm is back for the season, with the first event coming up May 3rd from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

"We are super excited to get our season of markets up and running again," shared host and organizer Alissa Bjorn.

Manitoba Pork celebrated its 60th anniversary during its annual meeting and industry banquet Thursday in Winnipeg. Producers, processors and various stakeholders gathered at the Fairmont for the day full of meetings which was capped by an evening gala. There are currently 188 registered producers in the province, representing 608 farms and 22,000 full-time equivalent jobs. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

Poilievre was campaigning in Montreal on Monday, where he announced he would pass a law to allow judges to impose consecutive life sentences in cases of multiple murders. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights.

Josh Sale tipped a point shot from Dallen Oxelgren just over five minutes into overtime to give the Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings a berth in the SJHL finals. The goal gave the Red Wings a 3-2 win in the game and a 4-2 win in the series over the Flin Flon Bombers. 

"I just saw the shot coming and realized I probably needed to deflect it," Sale said of the series-winning goal. "I deflected it in, and I kind of blacked out for a second, then realized we won. It's kind of the best feeling in the world."

The Soo Line Boxing Club celebrated its 75th anniversary with a Club Card event packing the Weyburn Legion Hall on Saturday.

In the Junior A Novice 42 kg class, Medicine Hat Boxing Club's Kade Steiger won against the Soo Line Boxing Club's Andrew Palomares-Erickson.

In the Junior B Novice 53 kg class, the Alliance Boxing Club's Manuel Oraha won against United Boxing Club's Hunter Gagne.