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Due to a planned outage at the Boundary Dam Power Station carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, the facility experienced lower than average performance during the month of February.

With spring breakup due to hit in mid-March, oil companies have squeezed in as many final wells as possible.

The owners of West Valley Village have taken a chance on Estevan during the tough economic times in the city. The bare land condominium development is located in the southwest corner of the city.

You could almost hear the eyes widening as those in the audience realized there is an awful lot more to rigging than what they do on a daily basis.

Sara Kesslering, a Grade 12 student from Assiniboia Composite High School, was selected by the RBC branch in Assiniboia as the recipient of the Canada 150 initiative called Make150Count.

Mossbank has one of the fastest growing populations in the province. The town follows only Saskatoon and Regina according to the Saskatchewan 2016 Census. The community has grown 10.

George Hill, a former Estevan lawyer and, briefly, a Queen’s Bench judge, had a significant impact on the community in ways both big and small. The former CEO and president of SaskPower and the Souris Basin Development Authority passed away on Feb.

For a community that has two coal-fired power plants within sight and a swath of coal mine operations to the south and east, the imposition of a carbon tax that ratchets up over time is a serious concern.

Firefighting training was held for the members of the South Central Protective Services Association at the Assiniboia Fire Hall on February 10 and 11.

Saskatchewan’s active drilling rig count on Feb. 28 was the highest the province has seen in over two years, since the days when the oil crash took hold in late 2014.