Weyburn

The Little Ballers program is coming to Weyburn this fall.  

Owner of Little Ballers Chad Celaire is hosting a free awareness class for the program this Sunday for parents and kids to try the program before committing to the classes in the fall. 

Weyburn is set to experience the thrill of arm wrestling for the first time.

Arm Wars, an event hosted by Michael Gass and backed by the Saskatchewan Arm Wrestling Association, unites athletes and onlookers for a weekend competition that Weyburn hasn't experienced in quite some time.

"It's not our tournament; it's also Weyburns first arm wrestling competition in over two decades," shared Gass. "Hosting this event and witnessing our community come together is incredibly thrilling."

There will soon be a new director of engineering in the City of Weyburn, as the current director, Jennifer Wilkinson will be officially retiring this week.  

“I think a lot within this last week is obviously just making sure everything is progressing as it will be,” Wilkinson told Discover Weyburn. “I probably won’t see a lot of things finished before I’m gone, but as I told my department, it’s not like I won’t be keeping tabs.” 

When the Paralympics start on August 28th, southeast Saskatchewan will be well-represented as Midale’s Keely Shaw will be taking to track for the second time as part of Team Canada.  

Railways across Canada are inching closer to strike conditions as nearly ten thousand workers haven't yet reached a deal on a new contract with Canada's biggest rail companies.

The Canadian Industrial Relations Board delayed a possible strike back in May to determine if there was any danger in the strike and has now given a date of August 22 for that strike to start if a new contract is not agreed on.

The first day of games is in the books for the Minor Box Lacrosse Nationals in Regina, and the teams from Saskatchewan had mixed results during the day yesterday. 

The U13 co-ed team would run into a tough team from Ontario. Saskatchewan would have a tough time getting their offence going in the game and ultimately fell 10-0.  

It is the time of year when black bears have started to look for extra food ahead of hibernation. With fall just around the corner, bears are in a period called hypophagia, where they can eat upwards of 20,000 calories of food a day. As they look for extra nourishment, they are more visible, sometimes venturing from their more familiar locales in search of food.  

The arrival terminals at airports in Toronto and Montreal were filled with cheers on Monday as fans and family gathered to give a hero’s welcome to Canadian Olympians returning home from the Paris Games with a record-breaking medal haul. 

The Summer Games saw Team Canada bring home an unprecedented number of medals — nine gold and 27 in total. Both were records for Canada at a non-boycotted Summer Olympics, surpassing previous highs set in Tokyo three years ago and 1992 in Barcelona.

Weyburn City Council met in Council Chambers at 6 p.m. last night, when approvals were made for RFPs, and for a funding application process for the City's portion of 22nd Avenue through the Clearing the Path (CTP) corridor system.

Communications Coordinator Kyle Hertes provided Council with a guided tour of the Elections 2024 website and encouraged the officials to familiarize themselves with it so they can better advise the citizens who may have inquiries. Find the site HERE. 

The 5,000 residents of Jasper, Alta., chased out of their homes three weeks ago ahead of a devastating wildfire, can go home Friday.

Officials said essential services have been restored to the point where they can allow a blanket re-entry.

However, utility services could still be hit and miss. Some homes may look fine on the outside but will have sustained heavy smoke or water damage on the inside. Other homes may be fenced off as public safety hazards.