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Design phase for new Weyburn hospital set to begin
Plans for the new Weyburn and District General Hospital have taken another step forward. Design plans will soon be underway as Group2 Architecture Interior Design Ltd, a Saskatoon-based firm, has been...
Apr 30, 2021 Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation board chair Jeff Hayward. (Discover Weyburn file photo)
Fire extinguished at Weyburn Canadian Tire
A fire broke out just after noon Wednesday at the Canadian Tire store in Weyburn. "Weyburn Fire responded to the report of a significant amount of tires on fire which were against the Canadian Tire bu...
Apr 28, 2021 A fire at the Canadian Tire in Weyburn on April 28, 2021. (Dara Currie/Discover Weyburn)
Situation returning to normal at Weyburn General Hospital
Weyburn General Hospital has transitioned back to regular operations. On Jan. 17, the Saskatchewan Health Authority temporarily transitioned the facility to allow only COVID-19 patients on the inpatie...
Jan 26, 2021 (Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation Inc./Facebook)
WW2 Era Plane Discovered Near Estevan
Recently, a group from the Estevan area discovered the wreckage of an Avro Anson, an airplane that was a common sight in the skies above southeast Saskatchewan during the war. The plane was entangled ...
Dec 26, 2020 The frame of the Avro Anson found outside of Estevan. (Myah Kasick/ Discover Estevan)
Cause of Torquay fire unknown, fire department says
A fire destroyed a grain elevator in Torquay early Wednesday morning. According to fire chief Monica Kovach, the blaze started shortly after midnight. "We're not sure what started everything. We just ...
Nov 05, 2020 Fire crews continue to work into the morning to suppress the fire started at the Torquay elevator. (Photo courtesy of Nadja Fisher.)
Location of new Weyburn health-care facility revealed
It was an announcement nearly 30 years in the making. A new hospital will be built in Weyburn, with a target date for completion of 2023. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement in Weyburn on Friday m...
Sep 04, 2020 (Government of Saskatchewan/Submitted)
Drinking water given the all-clear in village of Halbrite
A boil water advisory issued for the village of Halbrite in July due to E. coli has been lifted. The advisory was issued in mid-July by the Saskatchewan Health Authority after a single water sample co...
Aug 05, 2020 Village of Halbrite. (Discover Weyburn file photo)
Random seeds cause for concern For CFIA
If you've received a strange package in the mail filled with seeds you don't recognize, don't plant them. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued an advisory warning over the packages. They ...
Jul 31, 2020 (Canadian Food Inspection Agency/Facebook)
E. coli found in water in Halbrite
The village of Halbrite is under an emergency boil water order that was issued by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The order is in effect until further notice. Halbrite is about 30 kilometres southe...
Jul 17, 2020 Village of Halbrite. (Discover Weyburn file photo)
Unusual scam in Weyburn averted by resident's diligent action
By Steven Wilson A rather unusual case was reported to the Weyburn Police Service last week. A resident of the community received a phone call claiming that there had been a hit-and-run accident and t...
Feb 19, 2020 (Weyburn Police Service/Facebook)
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