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Large equipment for the Boundary Dam Power Station has been on the move around Estevan. A phase-shifting transformer was shipped by rail in two parts and was on the rail lines near Southland Pulse Inc. northwest of Estevan.

Estevan’s rental vacancy rate remains the highest in the province, according to the Rental Market Report for 2019 that was recently released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Farm Credit Canada provided a seminar with workshops throughout the day in the Prince of Wales, where experts offered their insights to producers on marketing grain and beef on January 30.

A local resident now has the gift of improved hearing, thanks to the Christmas Chear campaign offered by Sun Country Hearing. The promotion took place in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

Saskatchewan’s oil production in November 2019 crested the half million barrel per day (bpd) mark, at 501,259 bpd. It was actually down from 512,622 bpd in October, but up from the 477,911 bpd in September.

More men than ever before are using Envision Counselling and Support services, many from the oilpatch

Fraud involves deception through the use of elaborate or even unsophisticated scams designed to steal money, or to profit somehow over a breach of trust.

The board of directors of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) have elected Brett Halstead as the board chair and Jake Leguee of Fillmore as vice-chair. Halstead operates a mixed farm near Nokomis.

Dr. Kimberley Amirault-Ryan was the speaker for the fifth annual Independent Well Servicing Safety Stand Down, held at Estevan’s Southeast College campus on Jan. 16. The event is put on each year with the co-operation of Crescent Point Energy Corp.

New well breaks record for deepest in Saskatchewan