Local News

The February Break is next week. There is no school for the week of February 18 to 22. School resumes on Monday, February 25. Term 2 report cards went home last week.

A serial drunk driver will spend time in jail and deal with a hefty driving ban after he pleaded guilty to three new charges. Daniel Joseph Rice appeared in Estevan provincial court on Monday in handcuffs.

A contingent of Estevan city council members that included Mayor Roy Ludwig were in Saskatoon last week for the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention.

An Estevan man was sentenced to more than a year in jail following a Queen's Bench trial in the fall of 2012.

There is no rest for the wicked. And for that matter, there appears to be little rest for the people assigned to catch them. Estevan Police Service members have been busy over the past week dealing with a variety of calls.

The Weyburn Police Service dealt with many complaints in the week of Feb. 4-10, including thefts, accidents and a number of alcohol-related disturbances. At approx 4 a.m.

The Weyburn RCMP are continuing to seek the public's assistance to locate a missing man, Kenneth G. Korven, 44, of Weyburn. RCMP say Korven has been missing since the afternoon of Feb. 1, when he was last seen around 4 p.m.

The once forgotten hamlet of Northgate is about to enjoy a rebirth as one of the most important exporting locations in Western Canada. Ceres Global Ag.

The government officially started phasing out the penny from Canada's coinage system on Feb. 4. One of the main reasons for the decision was 'common cents', as the government estimated it could save $11 million a year by no longer minting the penny.

With local roads continuing to take a beating, the City of Estevan is working with the provincial government to try and speed up the start of construction on the truck bypass.