Weyburn

Tatagwa Tree Day has been postponed due to inclement weather. The event will now take place on Saturday, August 16th. 

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Weyburn’s annual Tatagwa Tree Day is coming back this weekend, and the city’s Parks Department is inviting the community to help plant 140 trees within the Tatagwa Parkway System. 

Paige Tenbult, Communications Coordinator with the City of Weyburn, says the trees planted will include multiple varieties, including spruce, poplar, buffalo berry, and Manitoba maple.  

Administrators say federal government needs to build more trust into the Advance Payment Program

Administrators of the Advance Payments Program say Ottawa should stop treating farmers as if they are going to default on repayments.

They said the application process should be streamlined and the program made simpler and more consistent.

Dave Gallant, vice-president of finance and APP operations at the Canadian Canola Growers Association, said the CCGA administers about $2.5 billion in advances each year on behalf of the federal government.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests — and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long delays as a result.

The intelligence agency says in its latest annual report it received over 538,000 screening requests from immigration and border officials in 2024. The agency began to see a significant increase in requests in 2023, when it received over 493,200 requests. Before that, CSIS received roughly 300,000 security screening requests annually over the previous five years.

With harvest approaching, farmers will want to start thinking about pre-harvest intervals (PHI) before applying any pesticides and or fungicides to the crop.

The PHI refers to the minimum number of days between a pesticide application and swathing or straight combining of a crop and reflects the time required for pesticides to break down after being applied.

Saskatchewan Open Farm Days runs August 9th and 10th, and is organized by Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan.

Event Coordinator Ashley Stone says agriculture is one of the biggest industries in the province, and the overall goal is to bring people together to get a better idea about life on the farm and where our food comes from. 

She notes this year they have 34 hosts participating from across the province.

Research finds agriculture waste could be transformed into biogas and fertilizer using bacteria-based techonology

Canadian farms could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while generating renewable energy by converting agricultural waste into biogas, a McGill University doctoral student says.

Anjaly Paul said anaerobic digestion could transform livestock manure and crop residues that would otherwise decompose in landfills into valuable resources.

A Saskatoon-based company has begun field trials of a replacement for granular peat inoculant.

Peat has been used for decades to inoculate crops such as peas and lentils and is a biological that provides consistent benefits, said Dave Greenshields, who founded Insight Plant Health in 2020.

However, customers are looking for a replacement, he told people attending a recent Canada-Saskatchewan Irrigation Diversification Centre field day.

Although the weather in southeast Saskatchewan is rarely co-operative and rain is expected this weekend, that’s not going to stop the Special Olympics Weyburn from hosting a fun day helping kids with intellectual disabilities from trying sports with their first-ever Try It Day since 2019. Tara Meier, youth and health coordinator with Special Olympics, explains the fun happening this weekend.  

Leonard Trofin, age 90, of Bengough, Saskatchewan passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2025 following a short illness.

Leonard was born in Kayville, Saskatchewan on April 7, 1935. In 1955, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force where he graduated from the Food Service School as a Food Service Attendant. Following discharge, he worked as a chef in various restaurants in Regina as well as the Plains Health Centre.

Mieceslaw "Max" Zaremba of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, born May 21, 1927, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at the age of 98 years.

Max will be forever loved and missed by his daughter, Vicki Zaremba of Weyburn, SK; daughter, Aimee Mitchell of Weyburn, SK; daughter, Marianne Loader of Whiterock, BC; son, Chris (Harlene) Zaremba of Regina, SK; son, Bruce (Kim) Zaremba of Surrey, BC; daughter, Garnet Zaremba of Surrey, BC; 11 grandchildren & several great grandchildren as well as other relatives and friends.