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Weyburn woman Jaime Wawro is hoping to commemorate a small part of Tanya Myers life after she died in a highway shooting nearly a year ago.
She set up a fundraiser with a goal of $30,000 to get a cat playroom named after Myers at the new Weyburn Humane Society.
“I was actually driving by the terminals and thinking we’re coming up to the one year anniversary,” Wawro said. “How can I honour her memory?”
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Jaime Wawro is starting a fundraiser to name a cat room at the new Weyburn Humane Society after Tanya Myers. Wawro’s vehicle was also struck with a bullet on Sept. 12, 2025. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Chris Fahlman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to Myers death. He remains in custody after his bail review was denied in July.
On the same night of Myers death, the vehicle Wawro was travelling in was struck with a bullet, which was reported later to police.
Wawro didn’t know Myers, but was told stories by her family about how she loved her cats.
“I was like, well maybe I’ll donate some money to the Humane Society because I know she loves cats,” she said.
“I thought maybe other people would want to do that, and if we can do it together maybe we can do something a little bit bigger.”
Tanya Myers, 44, was killed in a shooting on Highway 39, near Weyburn, on Sept. 12, 2025. (Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Sandy Johnson, a board member with the Weyburn Humane Society, said employees still remember Myers fondly.
“Tanya was a very, very well-known person at the Humane Society,” she said.
“She used to have cats dropped off at her farm, and then she would take them in and look after them and feed them until they were healthy.
“Then she would bring them into the Humane Society so that they could find a forever home.”
The $30,000 raised will help go towards the cat room named after Myers and operating the new Humane Society facility set to open at the end of September.
Sandy Johnson, board chair with the Weyburn Humane Society, stands in the new building. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
“Weyburn’s a small city, and we’ve always come together and helped each other out,” Johnson said. “I have no doubt that this is going to happen.”
Wawro said she’s raised about $9,000 for the cat room so far.
“I think everyone’s happy to see something positive come from it because I think we were all affected by that night — whether you were directly involved or not,” she said.
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