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Although negotiations are continuing, no physical work has begun on the heavy truck bypass around Estevan.

Souris-Moose Mountain MP Ed Komarnicki had a front row seat for the recent controversial elections in Ukraine. Komarnicki was part of the 500 strong Canadian delegation, which travelled to the eastern European country to monitor the Oct. 28 election.

It wasn't a wild chase, but it was certainly out of the ordinary policing routine. On the night of Nov. 10, members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) attempted to stop a vehicle in the Pleasantdale area of the city.

Midale (cpd) - The Midale Lions Club are putting on their first Santa Parade. It will take place on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 11 a.m. It will start at the school and end at the rink.

Although the trail is cold, the Estevan Police Service has not given up hope of locating Gordon Tweddle.

The men and women who serve in the Armed Forces or with a police force share many core values, and all of them ought to be remembered for the sacrifices they have made and continue to make today, Weyburn residents heard Sunday at the Remembrance Day

A mining financier, Franco-Nevada Corp., announced it will buy a stake worth $400 million in the Weyburn Oil Unit, in a deal with Penn West Petroleum. The company said they have a deal with Penn West to acquire 11.

The Weyburn Police Service attended to 82 calls for the week of Nov. 4-10. At about 1 a.m. police were called to a report of a hit-and-run in the 500 Block of McGillivray Drive on Nov. 4.

Grade 9 students at the Estevan Comprehensive School were absent from the classroom on Nov. 7 while they took part in Take Our Kids to Work Day. Last Wednesday, Jack Tuttle spent the day as his dad's shadow.

She just celebrated her 90th birthday, and now Estevan artist Evelyn Johnson has joined an elite group of fellow artists whose work has been selected by a respected art adjudicator to advance to another level and provincial exposure.