Prairie Sky Co-op held its 96th Annual General Meeting Tuesday night, reflecting on a year marked by disruption and investment, and reaffirming its commitment to both member returns and community support. 

SaskTel is developing new assets to help tech companies better connect with farmers by providing them with more background infrastructure. The project's full name is The Smart Agriculture Data Hub, and it will provide tech companies with a digital toolkit to help them reach more farmers.

Heather Clair, the marketing manager for Smart Ag, says the program is all about partnering with all the right companies to deliver what Saskatchewan farmers need.

The Weyburn Credit Union has announced they will welcome local band SWITCH to perform at their Community Barbecue on June 26th.

This after making the tough call not to go ahead with The Voice of Weyburn at this year’s event, citing there just weren’t quite enough applicants to make the competition happen.

Tickets are on sale now for the second annual Outlaw Buckers and Oil Kings Match Saddle Bronc Riding event being held in Weyburn on June 3rd. 

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a government ban on firearms that Ottawa considers fit only for the battlefield, not hunting or sport shooting. 

The Liberals outlawed some 1,500 firearm models and variants in May 2020, meaning they could no longer be legally used, sold or imported. 

The move was generally applauded by gun control advocates as a first step toward removing firearms used in mass shootings from circulation. 

Liberal Leader Mark Carney's French language skills will be put to the test, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will seek to turn his numbers around, when the five main federal party leaders square off in Montreal tonight in the first of two debates ahead of election day on April 28.

The two-hour French-language debate will be moderated by Radio-Canada's Patrice Roy and will focus on five themes: the cost of living, energy and climate, the trade war, identity and sovereignty, and immigration and foreign affairs.

In Loving Memory of Greg Nikkel who passed away on February 22nd, 2025

Age 63 years.

Service of Remembrance Wednesday, April 30, 2025 – 1:30 pm

Weyburn Free Methodist Church 133 14th St. N.E.

Luncheon to follow the service.

Interment - Hillcrest Cemetery

News broke of a potential newborn health crisis over the weekend when an anonymous email was published by the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) last Thursday, appearing to be written by a frontline worker in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Regina General Hospital. This was followed with comments published yesterday morning.  

It outlines a dire situation in the NICU that has lasted for weeks, including operating over capacity with staff working extended hours and multiple overtime shifts.