Weyburn

There are plenty of options for things to do this weekend in Weyburn, many with inclusive opportunities for attendees.

Those who have never arm wrestled, those who maybe happen to know they're great at it, or even those who just enjoy a good competition, can check out the Arm Wars event coming to the Weyburn Legion this Saturday. Weigh-ins begin this evening, with the competition taking place starting at 1 p.m. tomorrow. 

The Weyburn Police Service is reminding drivers and pedestrians to obey barricades and signage around the construction on First Avenue, where crews have been busy repaving between Government Road and Tenth Street.

The reminder comes as damage to newly poured concrete can delay projects and cost significant amounts of money should someone fail to see, or deliberately disturb, the fresh concrete.

According to Sergeant Shane St. John, traffic tickets are an attest to how many drivers are simply not paying attention.

Eva Donalda Maas, late of Weyburn, SK passed away on August 21, 2024 at the age of 81 years.

Prayers will be on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. from RD Family Funeral Chapel, Weyburn, SK.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, August 30, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. from St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church, Weyburn, SK with celebrant Fr. Valentine Amobi. An interment for Joseph and Eva will follow at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Weyburn. SK. Luncheon will be at Lower McKenna Hall, 317 ~ 3rd Street, Weyburn, SK.

Through the weekly report from the Weyburn Police Service, the public is made aware about what tickets were handed out, if someone was charged in a vehicle collision, or what they need to be mindful of, such as school zones.

Brent VanDeSype, Weyburn's interim Chief of Police, said he accepted writing up the weekly reports as one of his duties as Deputy Chief.

"So the majority of it was me, but I encourage other officers to let their voice be heard on the radio, let the community hear somebody different than myself occasionally," he noted. 

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says it has taken down picket lines at Canadian National Railway Co. and its workers will begin returning to work on Friday.

However, the union says the work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. remains ongoing pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Following months of increasingly fraught contract talks, Canada's two biggest railways both locked out workers after failing to reach deals with the union by a Thursday deadline.

Thanks to the Weyburn Salvation Army's Back to School program, and sponsorship from Bree Patterson and her family, 42 local students will return to school with all the supplies they need. 

Patterson, Associate Broker at ReMax Weyburn Realty, said the Salvation Army makes it easy, as for the past couple of years they've been ordering the supplies directly from School Start.

"Just for ease, and then kids are getting exactly what is on their school supply list and it just comes right to the Salvation Army," she said.  

Canada's two biggest railways say they’re preparing to get trains back on track after Ottawa intervened to end an unprecedented labour impasse that disrupted business across the country and cancelled commutes for thousands.

Canadian National Railway Co., in a statement Thursday, said it has ended the lockout of workers that began earlier in the day.

The move came shortly after Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said he has asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose binding arbitration to end the dispute and get the trains running.

The City of Weyburn's Fall and Winter Leisure Services Guide has everything needed to get registered for classes and lessons, all the way to the end of spring.

"It's all-encompassing, with different programs that are offered," said Leisure Services Manager Amanda Wallace.

The federal government has decided to impose binding arbitration between the Teamster's Canada Rail Conference, CN Rail, and CPKC.

The worker's union and the two companies had entered into a lockout at 12:01 a.m. this morning.

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the decision at a news conference in the afternoon.

That came after the Canada Industrial Relations Board set August 22 as the date for strike action, following a decision that labeled the rail industry as non-essential.

Producers in the southeast are busy harvesting, desiccating and swathing, with 21 percent of the crop now in the bin so far. 

According to the weekly Crop Report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture for the week of August 13th to 19th, this progress is in spite of some rain delays, and is ahead of the five-year average of 11 percent and 10-year average of 14 percent for the southeast region.