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Black cats, pumpkins and Frankenstein monsters … oh my!
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Sutter Busch poses with three of his largest inflatable decorations that are set up on his lawn on Ash Drive, just in time for Halloween. Sutter has about 60 Halloween inflatables and over 100 Christmas ones. In the off season, he makes videos for his YouTube channel about them. There is always a few in the house that are in “chows workshop” getting fixed or just hanging out with the family.
Business issues, services raised at candidates forum
By Greg Nikkel Issues ranging from businesses to municipal services were discussed at the municipal candidates forum hosted by the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening in a largely empty Legion Hall. The forum was in preparation for the municipal election, which is slated to be held on Monday, Nov. 9. Fourteen of the 16 candidates were present for the forum, which featured
a series of questions posed by the Chamber, along with questions sent in by the public. The forum was broadcast by AccessNow, and was livestreamed online as no public was allowed to be in the hall due to COVID-19 restrictions. Due to the large number of candidates, each question was answered by three or four of the candidates to enable more questions to be brought up. The candidates present
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included Jeff Richards, John Lawrence, Dick Michel, Casey Drullette, Ryan Janke, John Corrigan, Marcel Roy, Nick Coroluick, Laura Morrissette, Trevor Butts, Melanie Sorensen, Debra Button, Mel Van Betuw and Dana Pretzer, with candidates Bruce Croft and Sheila Sutherland not in attendance. A question was raised about Weyburn’s new hospital, and what the city council could do to en-
hance this development for the city’s benefit. Jeff Richards said the city needs to work with economic development and the chamber to coordinate what services and supplies would be needed during construction and then when it’s in operation. He suggested they could also look at having the hospital as a training ground, which would bring students to the community as well.
John Lawrence said it was exciting that this announcement finally came to Weyburn, and it will bring a great opportunity to the city in the form of jobs during construction, and possibly also suppliers and equipment from local businesses. In addition, he said, “I don’t see anything wrong with coordinating with the Saskatchewan Health Authority to provide a specialty clinic” along with
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the new hospital. Dick Michel said he gets questions about this on the campaign trail more than any other issue, particularly about the shortage of doctors. A key to addressing it as a council will be to have a respectful discussion with the SHA and the government in regard to the doctor shortage, as well as getting a maternity ward back into Weyburn’s hospital. Continued on Page 2
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