Local News

Report from the Weyburn Police Service for the period of June 14 to 20: *On June 18, a local business filed a complaint with the police regarding an internal theft of money. One of their employees was charged with theft over $5,000.

Estevan, and a good portion of southern Saskatchewan, was hit by another intense storm Thursday night.Although it lasted just over 30 minutes, the storm dumped one to two inches of rain on the city.

Quick action by a 10-month-old girl's mother, her cousin and a stranger, along with the use of infant CPR on the baby, helped save the little girl's life on Saturday after she was buried alive in a frightening experience along the shores of the Raffe

It shows a surplus of $7 million, but the figure is misleading insofar as the South East Cornerstone School Division will need all but $53,000 of that money to meet capital project financial requirements within the next budget year.

10-month old survives being buried alive

Activities have not slowed down at all for the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) as evidenced by the number of issues the officers had to deal with during the month of May alone.

The altered school year first proposed for the Weyburn Comprehensive School for next year was rescinded for the 2010-11 school year, due to the delays in the startup of the extensive construction and renovation project.

Close, but, as has been the case many times in the past, not quite close enough. The City of Estevan finished second to Weyburn in the 2010 Golden Garbage Can Competition.

The Estevan Humane Society received another major financial boost this past week when the executor of the estate of Dennis Jensen delivered a second cheque in the amount of $120,000 to assist them with their capital projects and operational needs.

A routine traffic stop in the central part of the city on the night of June 18 led to several charges being levied against occupants of the vehicle by members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS).