21-721: Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital , also called the Souris Valley Extended Care Centre , was a public hospital in Weyburn , Saskatchewan . Originally called the Saskatchewan Hospital when opened in 1921, it was the largest building in The British Commonwealth and the most expensive building erected in Saskatchewan at that time. In its beginning, the hospital housed 607 patients. Weyburn's hospital
42-485: A 50 per cent chance of helping alcoholics overcome their addictions. Erika Dyck , a historian at the University of Saskatchewan argues that the experiments conducted at Weyburn throughout the late 1950s and 1960s were crucial to the reconstruction of alcoholism as a disease, because the drug provided a potential quick cure. As deinstitutionalization became commonplace during the mid to late 1960s, economic pressures forced
63-530: A land office in 1899 in anticipation of the land rush which soon ensued. In 1899, Knox Presbyterian Church was founded with its building constructed in 1906 in the high-pitched gable roof and arches, standing as a testimony to the faith and optimism in the Weyburn area. Weyburn was legally constituted a village in 1900, a town in 1903 and finally as a city in 1913. From 1910 until 1931 the Weyburn Security Bank
84-468: A local debate in Weyburn about the closure of the hospital. Attempts to instate the Saskatchewan Plan, which would have provided resources for released patients, failed, yet deinstitutionalization was implemented rapidly in 1964. Chris Dooley cites numbers in the hospital as falling by two-thirds within five years. Ultimately, the provincial government decided to open two new institutions in the place of
105-637: A population density of 579.0/km (1,499.7/sq mi) in 2021. Weyburn is situated near the upper delta of the 700 kilometres (430 mi) long Souris River . The Souris River continues southeast through North Dakota eventually meeting the Assiniboine River in Manitoba. In the 1800s, this area was known as an extension of the Greater Yellow Grass Marsh. Extensive flood control programs have created reservoirs, parks and waterfowl centres along
126-613: Is sourced from Nickle Lake . Telephone and internet services are provided by both SaskTel and Access Communications . The Weyburn General Hospital is operated by the SunCountry Health Region. The Weyburn Police Service and local RCMP detachment provide law enforcement for the city. Fire protection services are provided by the Weyburn Fire Department. Weyburn is the home of the Weyburn Red Wings of
147-730: The North Dakota border in the United States. The name is reputedly a corruption of the Scottish "wee burn," referring to a small creek. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Weyburn No. 67 . The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) reached the future site of Weyburn from Brandon, Manitoba in 1892 and the Soo Line from North Portal on the US border in 1893. A post office opened in 1895 and
168-892: The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and the Weyburn Beavers of the Western Canadian Baseball League , a collegiate summer baseball league in Canada's prairie provinces. In addition, Weyburn is home to Saskatchewan's largest amateur wrestling club. Weyburn Security Bank Weyburn Security Bank Founded 1910 Founder local businessmen Defunct 1931 Fate Merged Successor Merged into modern-day Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Headquarters Weyburn , Saskatchewan , Canada The Weyburn Security Bank
189-560: The University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan . The Weyburn Public Library is a branch of the Southeast Regional Library system. Weyburn is at the junction of highways 13 , 35 , and 39 . The Weyburn Airport is northeast of the city. Electricity is provided by SaskPower and natural gas is provided by SaskEnergy . The city maintains its own water treatment plant and waste management system. The city's water
210-553: The Souris River. Between 1988 and 1995, the Rafferty-Alameda Project was constructed to alleviate spring flooding problems created by the Souris River. Weyburn has a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ) typical of Southern Saskatchewan. Weyburn is the largest inland grain gathering point in Canada. Well over half a million tons of grain pass through the Weyburn terminals each year. Oil and gas exploration make up
231-469: The bank was purchased by the Imperial Bank of Canada . The Weyburn Security Bank Building is a designated provincial heritage building. See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Banks portal Canadian chartered bank notes References [ edit ] ^ "Weyburn Security Bank" . CITY OF WEYBURN . Retrieved 2012-04-14 . ^ "Pygmy among the giants :
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#1733085025308252-440: The facility was home to approximately 2,500 patients. The history of the facility is explored in the documentary Weyburn: An Archaeology of Madness . In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Weyburn had a population of 11,019 living in 4,655 of its 5,142 total private dwellings, a change of 1.4% from its 2016 population of 10,870 . With a land area of 19.03 km (7.35 sq mi), it had
273-430: The hospital: a geriatric care facility and a regional psychiatric centre. There were several attempts to save the historic building that made up the hospital complex. However, in 2009 the decision was made by the city to demolish the buildings. A tender for the demolition of the building was awarded to Demco Decommissioning & Environmental Management Company of West Seneca, New York on September 19, 2008. The demolition
294-502: The other major component of the economy. The Soo Line Historical Museum (c. 1910) is a Municipal Heritage Property under Saskatchewan's Heritage Property Act . Weyburn is also home to the world's first curling museum, the Turner Curling Museum. The public school system, South East Cornerstone School Division No. 209, operates the following schools. It also operated Weyburn Junior High School from 1966 to 2016, which
315-459: Was a chartered bank headquartered in Weyburn , Saskatchewan , Canada . The bank was established by a group of American investors as a private bank in 1910, by 1911 the bank had advanced to the point where it obtained a Canadian bank charter. Over its 30 years of operation the bank expanded to having assets of $ 6 million and serving 33 communities. Due to the onset of the great depression, in May 1931
336-525: Was closed in favour of relocating students to Weyburn Comprehensive High School. Haig School, Queen Elizabeth School, and Souris School are being closed in favour of relocating students to Legacy Park Elementary School in September 2021. The separate school system, Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 140, operates St. Michael School . Southeast College offers technical, trade and non-degree programs, as well as distance learning from
357-511: Was completed by the end of 2009. The history of the facility is explored in the documentary Weyburn: An Archaeology of Madness . Weyburn Weyburn is the tenth-largest city in Saskatchewan , Canada. The city has a population of 11,019. It is on the Souris River 110 kilometres (68 mi) southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is 70 kilometres (43 mi) north from
378-436: Was considered on the cutting edge of experimental treatments for people with mental health issues. The facility had a reputation of leading the way in therapeutic programming. At its peak, the facility was home to approximately 2,500 patients. The hospital was an early example of Socio-architecture . At the hospital, patients were exposed to different forms of occupational therapy, ranging from farm work to long walks. This work
399-862: Was headquartered in the city. Weyburn had since become an important railroad town in Saskatchewan ;– the Pasqua branch of the Souris, Arcola, Weyburn, Regina CPR branch; Portal Section of the CPR / Soo Line; Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Shaunavon, Lethbridge CPR section; the Brandon, Marfield, Carlyle, Lampman, Radville, Willow Bunch section of the Canadian National Railway (CNR); and the Regina, Weyburn, Radville, Estevan, Northgate CNR section have all run through Weyburn. Weyburn
420-588: Was previously home to the Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital , which was closed as a health care facility and sold in 2006, and demolished in 2009. When the mental hospital opened in 1921, it was the largest building in the British Commonwealth and was considered to be on the cutting edge of experimental treatments for people with mental disabilities. The facility had a reputation of leading the way in therapeutic programming. At its peak,
441-697: Was unpaid until reforms began in the 1950s. Starting in 1954, other forms of recreational therapy were introduced, including dancing, card playing, sing-a-longs and skating. Many of the early techniques used on patients by the hospital included insulin shock therapy , hydrotherapy , lobotomy , and electroshock ; by 1954 experiments using Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) therapy were done on volunteer staff and eventually applied to patients. Much of this early work conducted by Humphry Osmond and Abram Hoffer . The first LSD experiments were done on patients with chronic alcoholism who were institutionalized at Weyburn. Their conclusions from these experiments were that LSD had
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