Weyburn

The U17 Panther Drilling Weyburn Thrashers wrapped up their regular season with a 5-2 win over the Regina Chaos Green Thursday night at Crescent Point Place. 

Members of Prairie Sky Co-op will see a change in how they receive their equity payments this year. 

Rather than holding in-person Equity Days where members would pick up their equity cheques, the Co-op will be mailing the payments directly to members. The decision, according to General Manager Kevin Arthur, comes after reviewing past years and recognizing that many checks ended up being mailed out anyway. 

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is restructuring its leadership in a move aimed at strengthening health care delivery in rural and northern communities, increasing frontline support, and improving the integration of physician leadership throughout the province. 

A dramatic seventh inning proved to be the turning point as the Weyburn Beavers powered past the Regina Red Sox 7-4 Thursday night at Tom Laing Park, thanks to clutch hitting, strong pitching, and some emotional fireworks. 

Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly contagious and severe disease that affects cattle, sheep, swine, and other cloven-hoofed animals making it hard for them to eat and walk, leaving them weak and sick.

The FMD vaccine bank builds on existing protections for the livestock industry and equips producers with another tool to control and eliminate the disease should an outbreak occur.

Budget 2023 committed $57.5 million over five years, with $5.6 million ongoing, to the CFIA to establish the FMD vaccine bank and response plans.

Two years ago, more than 120,000 federal public servants went on strike after negotiations broke down.

Now, the union representing those workers is going back to the bargaining table with the government with the goal of securing greater job security and remote work options for its members.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada says next week's initial meetings offer its first opportunity to present priorities identified by members, such as better wages, greater job security and stronger provisions for remote work.

This year's wildfire season in Canada is shaping up to be the second-worst on record and federal officials are warning of a dangerous summer in parts of British Columbia.

Officials with several government departments held a technical briefing Thursday in Ottawa with an update on the state of multiple wildfires and its forecast for the coming months.

Saskatchewan's generosity was on full display Thursday for the Day of Caring radiothon in support of wildfire evacuees. 

The Canadian Red Cross reported receiving $643,156.30 by 5:50 p.m., with donations still flowing in and being accepted until Monday, when the final total will be revealed. The federal government's matching portion will then be added to the total.

Nutrien Ag Solutions matched donations up to $100,000 during the morning portion, and by the end of the day, up its support to $300,000.

Fathers, dads, pops, the old man; the person in your life that helped tie your skates, braided your hair, and taught you morals and values to help mold you into the person you are today. Fathers are incredible humans, and we wanted to show our appreciation to them with our Make My Father's Day.  

Earlier this month, we asked you to nominate the dad in your life that has made an impact in your life or the lives of others into our Make My Father’s Day campaign and on Thursday evening, we treated 5 dads and their nominators to a fun night out at The Slice.  

Only a few acres remain unseeded in the southeast, according to the latest crop report released by the provincial Ministry of Agriculture. Most producers in the region have wrapped up the seeding season with the exception of land reserved for chickpeas and perennial forage as conditions allow. 

Local producers are reporting good conditions to start off the growing season, with timely rain falling in the past week. The southern half of the region saw less moisture than the north, with a few scattered showers.