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The 2022 Santa Lights Parade brought Christmas lights and cheer to Assiniboia on December 7.

This is a photographic tour of some of the sights at River Park Sparkles, which is back again from Weyburn Tourism. The park officially opened on Monday night, and will be open throughout the Christmas and New Year's holidays until Jan. 8, 2023. The park lights will be on from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. every day, enabling people to go see the displays at their leisure.

Two bake and craft sales were held on Saturday for Christmas shoppers in Weyburn, one at Grace United Church, with the 10,000 Villages crafts plus a church bake sale. The other was held by Knox Presbyterian Church at the Knox Hall, with local and area craft vendors along with a bake sale.

The Weyburn Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Parade of Lights through downtown Weyburn on Thursday evening, with a light snowfall coming down. There were many floats from businesses, community organizations, sports teams and groups, plus a number of hot chocolate stations were to be found around the downtown area to help keep the spectators warm.

The Weyburn Comprehensive School put on their fowl supper for the first time since 2019, with parents, staff and students volunteering to make sure the supper went smoothly, including providing entertainment with choirs and bands throughout the evening.

The pride of Cape Breton Island, the Barra MacNeils, brought their national tour of their Christmas show to Weyburn on Monday, with a two-and-a-half hour performance on the Cugnet Centre stage. The show was a part of the Weyburn Concert Series, and featured a variety of music, from the rollicking "Christmas in Killarney" to the soaring vocals of "Ave Maria" and "O Holy Night", plus lots of stories about growing up and enjoying Christmas in Cape Breton.

The Weyburn U18 Barber Motors Wings hosted the Estevan Bears on Saturday evening at Crescent Point Place, and were doubled by a score of 6-3. The teams started out fairly evenly, ending the first period tied 1-1.

Professional Development day, or PD day, gives students a day off school, like on Friday in Weyburn and across the southeast. There were opportunities for the children to have some fun, including an all-day PD day camp at the Credit Union Spark Centre, where they could do arts, crafts and have fun on Mainil Field. In addition, the City of Weyburn offered an afternoon of free skating with the Weyburn Gold Wings at the Tom Zandee Sports Arena.

Santa and Ms Claus visited with local children, during the Festival of Trees fundraiser for the Family Place.

Young children had the opportunity to come out to see the Festival of Trees for Weyburn's Family Place, and to make Christmas ornaments, crafts and decorate Christmas cookies on Tuesday afternoon. There were goodies to snack on also while looking at all the decorated Christmas trees, which will be sold by online auction on Thursday, Nov. 24. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting the Tree Festival on Thursday at Great Plains Ford, from 1-2:30 p.m., for stories and photos.