Estevan Mercury

A southeast Saskatchewan company has been fined following a workplace accident that occurred in 2018. Rosengren Farms pleaded guilty in Estevan Provincial Court on Oct. 26 to one count under The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 1996.

With freezing rain and snow covering the ground the fire crews had a bit of a quieter stretch with just a few calls lately. Last Tuesday the crews were called out to a tree branch and power line fire. The call came in at about 8 a.m.

The first-ever home game for the Estevan Eclipse Downhole Solutions U18 AAA Bears was a triumphant one.

Two residents from the north central region who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, according to Sunday’s daily report. One individual was in their 20s and one was in the 80-plus age group.

Tourism Estevan is set to launch a tour of a longtime Sunday tradition in Saskatchewan – a drive through the backroads.

Members of the Estevan Police Service conducted a high-visibility check stop Saturday night at multiple locations in the city.

The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division has announced that masks will be required for students in Grades 4-9 in its classrooms and elsewhere in the school buildings, buildings, starting Monday.

A transmission line fault was the source of the widespread power outage that struck Estevan and other southeast Saskatchewan communities on Friday. The power failure struck just after 11:30 a.m.

We missed putting in a column for September so this one we will call our autumn column.

There are 308 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Saturday, bringing the provincial total to date to 4,820 cases. Three of the cases are in the southeast.