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To date, construction is 99 per cent complete with specialty finishes being installed and mechanical system commissioning underway. The facility remains on track for its scheduled opening in September 2021. Under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, the Government of Canada will contribute up to $500,712, and the Government of Saskatchewan will contribute up to $417,218 toward the Credit Union Spark Centre (Weyburn Recreation and Cultural Centre) for several out-of-contract amenities including the indoor playground structure located in the MNP Play Centre, a National Hockey League sized arena board system, half-size International Federation of Association Football synthetic sports turf, synthetic sports turf covering, score clocks, spectator bleachers, and multi-sport video simulators. ....
Taking these projects and ventures together, it would seem clear that the Weyburn area is doing fairly well in spite of the bad news that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the economy over the past year. This is not to downplay the hurt that public health restrictions have caused in the local, provincial and national economy, as this has been an all-too-real problem that business owners and industries have had to deal with, and are continuing to deal with as long as these restrictions are in place. There was irreparable harm done in the extreme lockdown of a year ago, as businesses were told to close their doors for over two months before some easing of restrictions came in. Now there are hints of more restrictions ongoing as schools are going to remote learning for at least two weeks after the Easter week break is done. ....
Mayor Roy said he has a “very optimistic view” with commodity prices doing well right now for both oil and agriculture. With oil prices staying above $60 a barrel for the past while, there are more people getting back to work again, including with the well abandonment program. With recent conversations with the chamber’s new executive director, Larry Heggs, the mayor said the mayors caucus would like to urge chambers of commerce to push the province to go back to supporting the film industry again. He pointed out how, as an example, Ghostbusters 3 had initially looked at Saskatchewan for production, but when it was found there were no tax incentives available here for that industry, they moved production to Alberta. ....
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Once the People’s Choice exhibition has wrapped up, the Allie Griffin Art Gallery will no longer be used for art exhibits. There are preparations to replace this gallery with the new gallery in the Credit Union Spark Centre, which will house the arts and recreation programs for the City of Weyburn. An exhibit entitled “Living Skies”, featuring works by Kelly Meng Stephenson, is on display at the Weyburn Credit Union gallery from now until April 29. Stephenson was the top winner of last year’s People’s Choice exhibition. The next featured artist at the gallery will be Kendra Garbe. ....