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VIP Lube opened in Weyburn two years ago. The only quick-lube shop in Weyburn, VIP Lube has quickly grown in popularity by providing customer-first service.

Like other quick-lube shops, VIP Lube provides all fluid services for your vehicle – coolants, transmission fluids, differentials, transfer cases, power steering fluid, washer fluid… if your vehicle needs it, they’ll do it.

A packed Weyburn Legion took in a pair of entertaining guest speakers Saturday night as the Weyburn Beavers held their annual Sports Dinner. Former NFL player, and Weyburn native, Brett Jones and Saskatchewan Roughrider running back A.J. Ouellette were the guests at the dinner, which is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the baseball club.  

Teachers across the province, including in Weyburn, are officially on strike after reaching an impasse in negotiations with the Provincial Government. Their main points of negotiations being the size and complexity of classrooms in Saskatchewan.

It’s been 17 years since Donette Richter joined the City of Weyburn crew as City Clerk and now she is looking to take a step back and enjoy retirement. 

“Well, I became City Clerk in 2006,” Richter said. “I worked for the city for several years prior to that, but in 2006 is when I was appointed city clerk.” 

Over 17 years, Richter has seen a lot and she noted it was difficult to pick one thing as a highlight. 

For the past two days, members of Golden West Weyburn have been at Great Plains Ford hosting their annual Food-raiser Blow Away Hunger.  

The event kicked off on Wednesday with one goal in mind; fill the back of the Great Plains Ford Blow Away Hunger truck. The Golden West crew asked members of the community to come down and put a food donation into the truck to help support the Salvation Army over the holiday season.  

The radio landscape in Weyburn is about to change. 

Our local radio stations have continually championed our communities, providing local information and a platform for community voices and organizations, along with entertaining hosts, great music and relevant daily news coverage.  

That will continue to be better than ever, and what will change will be exciting for Weyburn.  

Saskatchewan’s wholesale trade is leading the nation according to Statistics Canada. Today’s numbers indicate the province was first in month-to-month growth in Canada for wholesale trade.

“Saskatchewan continues to have the food, fuel and fertilizer our growing world needs,” Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “Wholesale trade is another key component to our thriving economy. This work allows us to continue building and protecting the province’s economic future and make us the best place to live, work and raise a family.”

Social media and search engine giants, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and Google have decided to no longer share Canadian news links after the Online News Act, or Bill C-18, was passed in June. 

Does this mean the end of access to local news for you? 

In short, NO. 

Here are some of the frequently asked questions we get surrounding the stories we tell and the changing landscape of news on social media in Canada. 

If Facebook blocks DiscoverWeyburn posts, how do I find my local news? 

The 2023 Saskatchewan Festival of Words is set to be bigger, more interactive and more inclusive than ever before.

Among the headline authors at the July 13th to 16th event in Moose Jaw will be Bob McDonald, the longtime presenter of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks who’ll be reading from his latest book The Future is Now on the mornings of the 14th and 15th.