Weyburn

The Weyburn Police Service were called to a local gas station on Friday, after they reported an impaired driver. Police located the driver who was in control of their vehicle, however also displaying signs of drug impairment.  

Deputy Chief Shane St. John explains the driver was displaying strange behavioral signs of impairment.  

“When the police arrived, they of course observed impairment. Then they called for a drug recognition expert (DRE), one of our members.” 

Due to the signs displayed by the driver, they were detained while the DRE arrived.  

The Weyburn Beavers bounced back emphatically Tuesday night, routing the Moose Jaw Miller Express 13-1 at Tom Laing Park. It was a statement win that snapped a six-game skid and gave the home crowd at Tom Laing Park plenty to cheer about.

Head coach Cam Williams praised his team’s complete performance.

“The guys obviously came ready to play," Williams said after the game. "Coming off the off day and a tough week last week… it was good to kind of take a breath and enjoy this one.”

About 7,000 people in and around La Ronge, Sask., will be allowed to return home on Thursday after the lifting of a wildfire evacuation order, the director of the local emergency operation centre said Tuesday.

Lyle Hannan said residents of La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band can start going home on Thursday at 8 a.m.

Those deemed to work in essential services will be allowed to return sooner, he said.

Hannan said rain in the last few days helped crews contain the wildfire near the community.

Ottawa’s efforts to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change have stumbled out of the gate, Canada’s environment commissioner said Tuesday.

In a new report, Jerry DeMarco concluded the National Adaptation Strategy was not effectively designed, did not prioritize Canada’s climate change risks and only established one of its three components since its release in 2023.

The federal government is moving to shore up a historically weak summer job market for students — even as one economist argues tough employment prospects for young people suggest broader softness in the job market.

Statistics Canada shone a light on the difficult employment prospects for students heading back to school this fall in its May jobs report last Friday.

Roughly one in five returning students aged 15 to 24 was unemployed in May, the agency said. The last time the jobless rate for students was this high outside the pandemic was in May 2009.

On Tuesday, Grade 4 students from Weyburn and the surrounding area converged at the Weyburn Exhibition Hall to learn more about agriculture safety with the Progressive Agriculture's Ag Safety Day.

Hosted by the Weyburn Agricultural Society, a variety of different interactive booths were set up around the hall, teaching many different aspects of agricultural safety from electrical safety, railway safety, equipment safety, grain safety, lawnmower safety, and many more.

One of the premier golf events hosting the greatest golfers in Saskatchewan will take place in Weyburn this upcoming weekend, The Crocus Men's Open. Last year, nearly 70 golfers converged at the Weyburn Golf Club for the provincially sanctioned event in co-ordination with the Order of Merit tournament. Krystle Fedoretz, general manager at the Weyburn Golf Club, comments on one of the golf club’s biggest tournaments of the year. 

Saskatchewan is dealing with some more smoke streaming down from the northern wildfires, as Environment Canada has issued an air quality warning for the area. That came through this morning, with smoke expected to last further into the week.

Meteorologist Crawford Luke details the system bringing all of the smoke to us.

The Weyburn Salvation Army food bank relies entirely on donations as they are unable to run their own fundraisers and food drives. Now, community ministries worker for the food bank, Nicole Strickland, says they are calling on the support and generosity of the community as they run critically low on staple items.

"Right now, we are pretty much out of everything. We need pasta, pasta sauce, canned meat, canned fruit and vegetables, peanut butter, and brown beans."

While their stock is at a low, Strickland explains the number of families in need continues to climb.

The City of Weyburn will host a family-friendly event, the fourth annual Public Works & Emergency Services Open House, on Wednesday, June 18th from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Public Works Fleet Storage building on 16th Street.

The City's Engineering Director, Renee Cugnet, announced the event during Monday's meeting of Weyburn City Council.