Local Business

The Southern Plains Co-op’s grocery store in Estevan and its convenience store in Oxbow will soon have a different look, and just in time for summer. The co-op has announced that liquor stores will be added to the two locations.

The Government of Saskatchewan’s subsurface mineral Crown disposition public offering, held April 23 raised $10,000 in revenue for the province, based on interest in resource exploration in the Estevan area.

The award winners have now been named for the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show which will be held on June 5-6 in Weyburn. The Saskatchewan Oilman of the Year is Lane McKay, executive chairman of Steel Reef Infrastructure Corp.

Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC) president and CEO Dan MacLean came to Estevan on April 17 in part to speak to the Estevan Chamber of Commerce about the upcoming Williston Basin Petroleum Conference on May 28-29 in Regina.

Kaylene Scharnatta is pleased with the response to her new book A Walk in the Past: Remembering Midale the Way it Was.

After the presentation to the Estevan Chamber of Commerce on April 17, president and CEO Dan MacLean touched on future developments with the Aquistore project.

The net take-home pay for members of Estevan city council will remain the same for the rest of this term, but for that to happen, council’s pre-tax wages are going to increase.

With 75 exhibitors taking part in the Redvers Ag Ex Trade Show on April 11, there was plenty to see and do.

In one of the lowest land sales posted in the last decade, the April public offering of Saskatchewan’s Crown petroleum and natural gas rights held on April 9 raised a total of $1.5 million for the province.

Saskatchewan Senator Denise Batters has put out a call, asking for people to testify as witnesses before the Senate Transport committee, which is currently travelling the west to hear from witnesses regarding Bill C-48, which would ban oil tankers fr