Weyburn

The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings will open the 2025-26 season on September 19th, when they host the Yorkton Terriers at Crescent Point Place.  

The SJHL released the full schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday afternoon, with each team playing a balanced 56-game schedule. For the Red Wings, their defense of the Viterra Division pennant will start with a home-and-home against the Terriers, with the second half being played September 20th in Yorkton.  

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck was in Weyburn Wednesday morning, meeting with CUPE Local 5430 Region 4 Vice President Arlene Picard. The two spoke to the media, highlighting concerns over staffing shortages in healthcare, worker burnout, and service disruptions at emergency rooms in the Weyburn area.  

Four people spent the night behind bars in the last week, after being taken into custody by the Weyburn Police Service for public intoxication. Deputy Police Chief Shane St. John says they have seen an uptick in these incidents.  

“We get a lot of those calls for intoxicated people. Sometimes they have sober friends or family that can take them. Sometimes they're not around or not willing to take them and they just can't be in public. So there is definitely an uptick and the warmer weather has something to do with that for sure.” 

Less than a week after thunderstorms brought upwards of eight tornadoes to the southeast part of the province, Weyburn and the surrounding area could see more storm activity throughout the day today.  

Environment Canada meteorologist Crawford Luke said while some storms could form locally, it’s more likely that any severe weather in the southeast will arrive from the west later in the day. 

An invasive, noxious plant is making its presence known in southeast Saskatchewan, and experts are urging residents to take precautions and act quickly if they spot it on their property. 

Wild parsnip is an aggressive weed known for both its rapid spread and hazardous effects on human skin. It has been spreading rapidly throughout the region, especially along highways and ditches. 

While Sherri Roberts, a professional agrologist and program head at Sask Polytech in Moose Jaw for the Ag and Food Production Program, has been encouraging us to learn more gardening skills, two things have been holding some of us back: The weather and the weeds.  

This weekend, Country 106’s Dara Currie finally got through some of the weed issues.  

May inflation figures showed marginal improvements in some of the Bank of Canada's closely watched price figures — a step in the right direction, some economists say, but likely not enough to convince the central bank to cut interest rates.

The annual pace of inflation held steady at 1.7 per cent last month as cooling shelter costs helped tame price pressures, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

In a tight game that went down to the wire, the Weyburn Beavers edged out the visiting Medicine Hat Mavericks 3-2 in walk-off fashion Tuesday night at Tom Laing Park. 

Ian Heck starred on both sides of the ball, turning in six dominant innings on the mound and later driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth. Heck struck out 10 and allowed just one unearned run, holding the Mavericks in check and giving his team a chance to come back late. 

The Liberal government will table a bill this fall introducing stricter bail conditions and sentencing for some crimes, particularly those involving organized crime, human trafficking, home invasion and car theft, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said in an interview.

"It's perhaps obvious, given the tenor around the criminal justice system, that reforms are in order," Fraser told The Canadian Press.

The Southeast Techhub (SETH) is launching a first-of-its-kind startup incubator in Weyburn through their innovative Rural Innovation Startup Ecosystem (RISE) program. 

Executive Director for SETH, Gordon More, explains The Southeast Techhub was created by the City of Estevan in 2022 coming out of the Coal Transition Fund. A consultant was brought in, who recognized the potential for innovation in this part of the world. 

“A lot of people who live here are aware of how innovative we are, because we just have to get things done. So it was a recognition of that.”