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One record broken, another one tied. That was the story for SaskPower and SaskEnergy this past week as Saskatchewan’s extremely cold conditions placed unprecedented pressures on the province’s electricity and heating source corporations.

Those who are not strong supporters of the Bounday Dam carbon capture and sequestration system, will continue to focus on the few negatives while dismissing the favourable facts surrounding this once controversial $1.

While confirming his impending retirement as the manager of transportation and fleet services with the South East Cornerstone Public School Division, Larry Ursu also provided the board members with a comprehensive report on the state of transportatio

Estevan and district employees of SaskTel participated in the annual TelCare program, the Crown Corporation’s employee donation benevolent fund once again in 2016.

The Rural Municipality of Estevan councillors will be faced with an interesting proposal when they convene again for a regular business session next week.

The numbers are in and Canadian farmers increased production of wheat, canola, barley, soybeans and lentils in 2016 compared with 2015. Corn for grain and oat production levels were lower than the year before.

Saskatchewan continues to receive high marks in the Fraser Institute’s Global Petroleum Survey, which ranks the best jurisdictions for oil and gas investment in the world. The report, released by the think-tank on Dec.

The Southland Cooperative Ltd and Lafleche Co-operative Association will be amalgamating on January 29, 2017. Both Co-ops held membership meeting to adopt the resolution on the amalgama­tion.

The Assiniboia community was invited to participate in a cultural mapping of community assets on November 8.

The Estevan Chamber of Commerce looked back fondly on a successful year and is looking forward to further progress in the coming year, at a luncheon it hosted on Dec. 7, at the Estevan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.