Local Business

Bert Baxter Trucking is noticing a gradual increase in activity.

(Daily Oil Bulletin) The Saskatchewan government lowered its 2017-18 fiscal year oil price forecast to US$49.75 WTI, down from $56.25 at budget, according to the first quarter report. Its oil production outlook has been hiked to 180.

Local youths learned about the newspaper business, the ads that appear in newspapers each week, and the different businesses in the community through this year’s Art in Advertising Camp at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum.

The number of active drilling rigs in Saskatchewan saw a small bump on Aug. 23, with Rig Locator’s (www.riglocator.ca) numbers going to 43 from 38 the day before.

Enbridge’s Line 3 Replacement Program (L3RP) announced construction started in the first week of August, but don’t expect to see much going on in southeast Saskatchewan this year.

Three Farmers Products has been nominated for a Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce Achievement for Business Excellence Award. The business is a finalist for the Export Award.

The Estevan No Frills location is raising money for the Estevan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion through its annual Give a Little, Help a Lot fundraiser.

The Southland Co-op celebrated Canada150 by sponsoring free outdoor movies to its branch communities in Coronach on August 8 and Thomson Lake on August 9 and Assiniboia on August 10.

SaskPower has announced it is seeking another rate increase in a continual string of rate increases in recent years. The Crown corporation said in a release on Aug.

Kindersley MLA Bill Boyd announced on Aug. 15 that he will be retiring from public life and resigning his seat, effective September 1, 2017. For much of his tenure in government, Boyd was the minister responsible for the Saskatchewan energy sector.