Weyburn

The Canadian Country Showcase, hosted by Courtney Fielder, airs every weekend on Saturdays at 12 PM and Sundays at 4 PM. Courtney engages in conversations with both emerging country music artists and the established stars we’ve come to love, celebrating their milestones and new releases. Episode 14 of the podcast, featuring Dallas Smith & a special appearance by American recording artist Jackson Dean, aired on the weekend of August 10th & 11th, 2024.

The Canadian Country Showcase, hosted by Courtney Fielder, airs every weekend on Saturdays at 12 PM and Sundays at 4 PM. Courtney engages in conversations with both emerging country music artists and the established stars we’ve come to love, celebrating their milestones and new releases.

Severe thunderstorms could be on the way for the Weyburn area, and other parts of southern Saskatchewan. The latest thunderstorm outlook from Environment and Climate Change Canada says the weather pattern is bringing warm, moist air from the south, and with strong winds at different levels of the atmosphere, we could see conditions that are perfect for strong storms that are well-organized.  

A coalition of business groups is calling on the federal government to prevent a work stoppage at Canada's two biggest railways.

A phased shutdown of the networks at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. is already underway as the clock ticks down on contract talks with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.

Unless deals are reached, rail service at both companies is poised to stop at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday.

Wasps — they’re hard to miss if you spend any amount of time outside, and as we enter the latter half of summer these aggressive and disruptive insects become an increasingly common annoyance. 

We spoke with Graham Parsons, Pollinator Biosecurity Specialist for Saskatchewan Agriculture, to learn more about what drives their behaviour, the role they play in the ecosystem, and what can be done to prevent them from disrupting outdoor activities.  

The City of Weyburn's new Director of Engineering is Renee Cugnet.

"We are thrilled to have Renée step up to lead our Engineering team. Her experience as the City of Weyburn’s Municipal Engineer has proven that she is exceptionally qualified for the Director position. We are confident that under Renée’s guidance, the Engineering Department will continue to excel, and we look forward to the continued success that her leadership will bring," said City Manager Mathew Warren.

As a nationwide labour dispute looms between Canada’s two major freight railways and the union representing workers at each, the associations representing rural municipalities in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are extremely concerned about the impacts that a rail work stoppage would have on Prairie agricultural producers, consumers and other industries crucial to rural communities.

Logs for the Weyburn Public Library's Summer Reading Program for ages six to 12 concluded last week, and tomorrow there will be prizes handed out to those with the most logged reading hours for the challenge part of the program.

Summer Reading Program Coordinator Brianna Eagan said they'll get together one last time for a pizza party, after having spent the summer meeting twice weekly for various activities.

"I had a ton of fun. I'm a big STEM nerd, so getting to teach the kids chemistry in a fun way just made my whole summer," she commented. 

The Weyburn Police Service received a report last Monday of a break-and-enter to a home, from which property and firearms were stolen.  

Sergeant Shane St. John said finding the stolen firearms is of utmost urgency.

"Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich wasn't part of any conspiracy to break the law when she helped organize a massive protest against pandemic restrictions in Ottawa, her lawyers argued in her criminal trial on Tuesday.

The Crown alleges Lich and fellow organizer Chris Barber, who owns a Saskatchewan trucking business, were in cahoots to block roads and disrupt locals in a bid to pressure the federal government to drop COVID-19 vaccine mandates in 2022.