Weyburn

India takes the plunge, but some crop sectors remain hesitant.

May 4, 2025, could be a significant day in the history of agriculture.

On that day, Indian agriculture minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the release of two gene-edited rice varieties.

The announcement signals to the world that India — a country of nearly 1.5 billion people — is committed to gene edited technologies and modern tools to improve crop production.

With warm weather and sunshine in Weyburn and the ice out of Crescent Point Place, not too much goes on for the Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings. They’re looking to change that and keep the spirit of sport going with their first ever Pickleball tournament happening tomorrow.  

Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports around, thanks to its accessibility for all ages and minimal equipment requirements. Ryder Burns, sales and marketing director for the Red Wings, comments on the reasoning behind the brand-new tournament. 

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. 

The Regina Chaos came to Weyburn Thursday night looking for their first win of the season. They would score three early goals to take the lead, and that would be the difference as they held on to beat the Completely Branded RentPro Razorbacks 7-5 at the Tom Zandee Sports Arena.  

With the loss, the Razorbacks are now 1-5 on the season, as are the Chaos, with both teams looking to move up the standings into 4th place and a playoff spot. 

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 Weyburn Beavers couldn’t have asked for a better start to the 2025 WCBL season, dominating the Saskatoon Berries 9–0 in their home opener Thursday night at Tom Laing Park. 

If you have berry bushes, such as Saskatoon, and want even more in your patch, Local Garden Guru Sherri Roberts shared some propagation.

"It depends. If you looked at the bush does it have multiple stems on it, and has it kind of spread out with little rooted branches that you can cut off and dig up?"

If so, those can be transplanted.

A new spy watchdog report says an overseas Canadian Security Intelligence Service operation was suddenly halted by government officials, "creating unnecessary danger for the CSIS team" and raising questions about ministerial accountability.

The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency found no written records indicating the decision to suspend the operation had been made by the CSIS director or the minister of public safety.

National defence is becoming an increasingly thorny topic for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government as Canada comes under heavy pressure from its allies to do more and spend more.

But with just weeks to go until NATO member nations assemble in the Netherlands for a summit that could put Ottawa in the hot seat on defence spending, several of his ministers took the unusual step of removing themselves from discussions with defence reporters this week at Canada's largest defence industry show.

Coming up this Sunday, the Weyburn Legion Branch #47 is hosting their Decoration Day at the Hillcrest and Green Acres Cemetery. Every year, volunteers throughout Canada visit the local cemeteries to place Canadian flags and decorate the grave sites of those who served.