Weyburn

A Weyburn woman was arrested on Saturday for being drunk in public, after Weyburn Police Service members were dispatched to a private gathering. Deputy Chief Shane St. John explains their intervention prevented the situation from escalating.  

“The person was out in front of the residence when we arrived, pretty highly intoxicated. For their safety, and with no one sober to care for them, we brought them here until they were sober. Just so nothing escalated.” 

Earlier this month, the Southeast Steelers softball team were at the Bob Van Impe Stadium in Saskatoon, SK pitting the best in Canadian softball against one another in the Softball Canada National Championship.  

With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day set for September 9th, the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute is highlighting the importance of community support through its 'Be a Village' campaign. 

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, or FASD, is a term that describes the lifelong impact on the brain and body caused by alcohol use during pregnancy. Up to four per cent of Canadians are estimated to have FASD, which equates to about one in 25 people. 

A celebration of culture is breaking out across the country this fall, and Weyburn is not exempt. Culture Days runs from September 19th to October 4th featuring free events that highlight cultural diversity in Canada and the communities within it.  

Curator for the Weyburn Art Gallery, Regan Lanning, says plans are well underway for this year's event.  

The first day of school for Weyburn students is coming up on Tuesday, September 2nd. With back-to-school comes an overfilled backpack of school supplies needed for the whole school year.

Legacy Park Elementary School is continuing a tradition started last year - a Supplies Drop-off, this Friday, August 29th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Weyburn Police Service located a stolen truck last Monday after it was taken from the back of a local business. Deputy Police Chief Shane St. John says the brand-new truck had been left unlocked 

“A person was going by, it was unlocked, was looking in it, it appears and just hopped in and drove away.” 

The owner of the vehicle had a tracking device on the truck and saw it had moved from where it had been parked. It also aided police in quickly locating the vehicle. St. John says they were able to arrest the thief without incident. 

Lead poisoning impacts cattle in Saskatchewan every year, potentially killing multiple animals in a herd. Not only is there the concern associated with losing cattle, but there is also potential for lead to enter the food chain – because of this, testing is required in lead poisoning cases to protect public health.

Researchers say pediatricians, family doctors and parents need to learn more about what kind of performance-enhancing substances kids are using when they work out or play sports.

Seventeen per cent of more than 800 Canadian pediatric specialists surveyed say they saw adolescents who needed medical attention due to dietary supplements or performance drugs over the previous year.

The majority of cases were boys and more than half of them were between 13 and 15 years old.

Almost a third of the patients were even younger — between 10 and 12 years old.

Workers dangle from ropes as they brush the last bit of white paint on the trim of the Okhmatdyt children’s cardiac hospital in Kyiv.

Below them, a damaged children's stroller and construction supplies sit atop a tree-covered garbage heap. Windows of some surrounding buildings are still boarded up with plywood.

One year after a devastating rocket attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital that killed four and injured a dozen, the century-old facility is getting ready to reopen — with help from the Canadian Red Cross.