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SaskPower says it has restored power to the southeast portion of the province. Transmission lines are back in service, although SaskPower says there are some areas that might not be in service.

Estevan city council gave first reading to a pair of bylaws at its meeting on Monday night. The first is the solid waste utility rate bylaw, which governs the rates at the city’s landfill.

Starting March 15, 2019, drivers seeking a Class 1 commercial licence in Saskatchewan to drive semi trucks will be required to undergo a minimum of 121 1/2 hours of training. The change was announced Monday by the Government of Saskatchewan.

Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. (TEML) has announced the hiring of Rebecca Cassidy as its new advisor of public affairs. Cassidy has been working at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation as the organization’s executive director since the summer of 2013.

Local agriculture producers have been learning about issues related to stress and mental health on the farm during an Ag Knowledge Exchange event Friday, hosted by Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

The winner in Week 2 of the Estevan Mercury Publications #MercuryChristmas promotion is Dean Erickson. His wife Mariah Erickson was in the Mercury office on Friday morning to accept the prize package on his behalf.

SaskPower and Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited have signed an agreement to give Lehigh exclusive rights to market and distribute fly ash from Shand Power Station.

SaskPower has long said that the next generation of carbon capture on its coal-fired power plants would cost a lot less, and now we have a number – 67 per cent less, per tonne of CO2 captured.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has released its annual rental market survey, and it shows the number of rental units in Estevan is up this year, and the overall vacancy rate and average rental rate have declined.

A new study released Wednesday by the International CCS Knowledge Centre demonstrates significant cost reductions for carbon capture and storage (CCS).