Estevan Mercury

With first-stage funding now assured, an ambitious geothermal power production project in southeast Saskatchewan near Estevan is moving ahead. Kirsten Marcia (nee Muir), a former Estevan resident who is president of Deep Earth Energy Production Corp.

There were several local sports events I could have written about in this space.

Over the course of a week, we get quite a few calls from the public with news tips. Some of them turn into actual stories but, in all honesty, most of them wind up as snipe hunts.

The Aug. 25 event along Highway 39 dubbed Heaven's Flowered Highway gave some perspective on the number of lives lost along the 200-kilometre stretch of road between Estevan and Regina.

Following negotiations that were described as amicable by both sides, the City of Estevan and members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 726 have agreed to a new three-year contract.

Aaron Turnbull came off the track on Friday believing he had failed to win the season modified championship at Estevan Motor Speedway.

Motocross riders from across southeast Saskatchewan and beyond filtered into the Estevan area on Saturday for the first race day of the year at Trackside MX Park.

There was already plenty to celebrate at Dana Quewezance Memorial Field on Saturday, and the Estevan Sherritt Coal Miners added to the good times.

The South East Cornerstone Public School Division committed $225,000 toward an Estevan project that will see new track and field facilities constructed at the Estevan Comprehensive School grounds.

It's probably a positive thing for the Sask. Party that 80 per cent of their faithful followers in southeast Saskatchewan don't realize they are the black sheep members of the family.