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The board of directors of the Sun Country Health Region chose Estevan as their meeting place for a general business session on Feb. 26. The board and a few key administration personnel gathered in the main auditorium with chairwoman Marilyn Charlton.

If the comments of NDP opposition leader Cam Broten are any indication, the spring sitting of the Saskatchewan Legislature could be a lively one.

After pleading guilty to several charges, a local man received the maximum sentence available for a domestic assault that the judge called a "severe beating.

The City of Estevan has found its new top cop. Mayor Roy Ludwig announced at Monday night's regular meeting of council that Paul Ladouceur of Brockville, Ont., has been hired to replace the retiring Del Block.

Joe Ganczar is one of three finalists to appear to meet Jeff Schwarz, at the start of "The Liquidator", a Canadian reality television series airing on the specialty channel OLN. All three contest finalists must gain likes for their entry.

While everyone is counting down to spring with varying degrees of impatience, no group is marking their calendar with as much anticipation as the force behind the upcoming community garden.

Many of those who opposed the sale of the Weyburn Inland Terminal were "disappointed", but some are also ready to move on and see how the company of Parrish & Heimbecker will handle moving into the Weyburn area.

The journey toward the Relay for Life in Estevan has begun as the committee announced their 2014 chairperson last week.

The sale of the Weyburn Inland Terminal to grain company Parrish & Heimbecker was approved at a special shareholders meeting on Friday afternoon, and will now go to a justice of Court of Queen's Bench in Regina on Wednesday for approval.

Tim Wagner, Dale Mainil and Dan Cugnet, shareholders in the Weyburn Inland Terminal, are deep in thought following the meeting and vote taken by shareholders on Friday afternoon at McKenna Hall on whether the Terminal should be sold to grain company