Weyburn

Kyle Madigan and his family near Ceylon, SK were able to enjoy some delicious KFC thanks to Grain Rush! 

Sponsored by Great Plains Ford, we took the truck loaded up some chicken and headed south to just about at the Canada/U.S. border.  

A 50th Anniversary celebration for a local business has resulted in community-building contributions to two service groups in Weyburn.

Read more: Weyburn Oilwomen receive major contribution from Aldon Oils

Aldon Oils Ltd. has spanned two generations. Founded in 1974 by Norman Mondor, whose son Del took the reins in 2011.

While the skies are expected to be cloudy for much of the day today, the weekend is promising to be a sunny one. The nice weather could be a good time for people to take advantage of the conditions ahead of some less-than-ideal weather as we get closer to winter.  

The provincial Ministry of Agriculture released the latest crop report this morning, and while last week the southeast was almost at the 50 per cent mark for harvest, this week the area is well beyond halfway.  

Air Canada and business leaders are asking Ottawa to be ready to intervene in labour talks with its pilots as time is running out before a potential shutdown, but so far the government has said the two sides need to work things out. 

Airline spokesman Christophe Hennebelle said Thursday that Air Canada is committed to negotiations, but it faces wage demands from the Air Line Pilots Association that it can't meet. 

"The issue is that we are faced with unreasonable wage demands that ALPA refuses to moderate.”

What was intended to be an important fundraiser heading into Communithong has now been cancelled. This morning, it was announced that the Comedy Night, featuring Kelly Taylor and Weyburn’s DJ Richy Roy, would not be taking place tomorrow night.  

A new season has begun for the Soo Line Boxing Club.

Anyone can try out boxing from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Weyburn Youth Centre / TAGS gym. Participants just need to bring indoor shoes, water, and lots of positive energy.

Coach Clint Ducharme said the first class is free to try out, and the drop-in fee after that is $5, with an option for the full-season registration fee of $225 being payable over installments. 

"We are not out to hurt people financially," he noted. "We have people from all over that come and go."

The Weyburn Youth Centre (WYC) is gearing up for their 31st annual banquet fundraiser. The event will be held at Knox Hall on October 5th at 6 p.m. with doors opening at 5 p.m. A turkey dinner will be served, followed by both a live and silent auction. Board member with WYC, Susan Adderley, says they’re doing something different this year. 

“We're having a 50s, 60s theme night with a DJ. We thought we'd change it up, make it a little bit more fun. We're super excited about it.” 

Envision Counselling and Support Centre is offering an 'identify, respond, and refer' training for those who may be in a position to be a point of contact for individuals sharing about sexual assault and abuse. 

Raven Daer, Communications Specialist with Envision, said the training is in collaboration with the Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan and the Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services, designed for professionals and para-professionals working with individuals who might be impacted by sexual violence.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his inner circle are slated to return to a federal inquiry into foreign interference in coming weeks.

A newly published provisional witness list for the next phase of the inquiry's public work indicates senior government bureaucrats and members of national security agencies will also testify.

Trudeau and key government officials took part in the commission's initial hearings earlier this year on allegations of foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.