Local Business

The carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Power Station returned to service on Dec. 7 after its scheduled outage that started in mid-November.

If there’s one thing that will get people to come to a meeting in Estevan these days, it’s economic development.

The Weyburn Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating their 80 th anniversary in 2020, and are looking back at an eventful past year with plans for more to come this year. “2019 was a busy year for the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce.

People in the Estevan area have been turning to the Estevan Mercury for news in print since 1903. But a new trend has emerged in recent years: it has become their place for online news as well. The Mercury’s website, www.estevanmercury.

Saskatchewan’s drilling rig fleet went back to work with a bang on Jan. 6, with Rig Locator (riglocator.ca) reporting 57 rigs making hole by that afternoon. This was a jump of 19 rigs compared to its last report Jan. 3.

Nadine Corman, Account Executive for Western Financial Group, retired after 34 years and eight months in December 2019. “I enjoyed my job. I enjoyed the people I worked with and my customers.” She smiled. “But it’s nice to have freedom.

Murray GM Estevan general manager Brad Pierson, left, and Royal Canadian Legion Estevan branch treasurer Leonard Grube, right, present keys for a 2019 Chevy Silverado 4x4 to Kiley Bouchard.

Winners for the 2019 YouthBiz competition, offered by Community Futures (CF) Sunrise, have been announced.

The winners for the 2019 YouthBiz competition were announced by Community Futures (CF) Sunrise, and $2,200 in prize money was awarded to students in southeast Saskatchewan for their efforts in describing their business ideas and developing business p

The over 300 employees of the Estevan Mine, members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Local 7606, ratified a four-year collective bargaining agreement on Dec. 16.