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Estevan’s economic development co-ordinator was in Vietnam recently to promote the community and to try to attract investment. Dwight Bramble was in the Asian country from Dec. 1-10, where he attended the TechFest trade show in Halong from Dec. 2-4.

Estevan’s Lynn Chipley has been elected to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA) board of directors. Chipley, who is the owner-broker at Century 21 Border Real Estate Service, is one of 12 members on the provincial board.

If there’s one mineral that you probably have in your pocket right now that the whole world is looking for, it’s lithium.

Estevan city council gave second and third readings to a pair of bylaws at their final meeting of the year on Dec. 16.

There are two times of year where the Saskatchewan drilling rig fleet all but shuts down and goes home – spring breakup and Christmas. While some areas keep a few rigs going during breakup, pretty much everyone shuts down at Christmas.

The carbon capture and storage facility at SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Power Station went through a scheduled maintenance shutdown last month, but prior to that, it was having a very productive month and it even reached a milestone.

The Transportation Safety Board has released an updated statement on its investigation into the Dec. 9 crude-by-rail derailment near Guernsey in east-central Saskatchewan. Under the heading of “What we know,” the statement Dec. 11 read, “On Dec.

After a few years hiatus, the McClement family is back in the paving business.

Six businesses around Estevan came together to collect food for the Estevan Salvation Army’s Food Bank, building displays of donations in their respective foyers.

Estevan City Hall is once again open for business after a shutdown that lasted a week. The building was shut down on Dec. 9 due to what the city said was a technical issue. It remained closed until the morning of Dec. 16.