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Lorraine Mahaffey takes her turn at the graffiti wall at Tatagwa View and writes: "Please come out and play ball with us", a phrase she heard often when she was a young school teacher.

Two people are dead after a house fire Tuesday morning in Estevan.

Midale (cpd) - Mike Fell's garage burned to the ground and their home sustained extensive damage on the morning of Feb. 6.

For this local girl, there isn't much sweeter than spending a day outside on the hunt. Shayna Hamilton was recognized at the Estevan Wildlife Federation's awards dinner on Feb. 1 for the elk she shot while on her first hunt alone last year.

There are only two days left before the special Valentine's Day Gala fundraiser for the Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation. Residents are encouraged to attend the gala to raise awareness of the Hospital Foundation.

The candidates are starting to line up for the Conservative Party nomination in the Souris-Moose Mountain constituency. A third man - Torquay Mayor Mike Strachan - has announced he plans to seek the nomination and run in the 2015 federal election.

A traffic stop was conducted by the Weyburn Police Service as a result of a vehicle being operated without valid registration. It was subsequently determined that the driver also had a warrant for his arrest and was arrested.

The Sun Country Health Region is celebrating the fruits of its labour. In a recent press release Sun Country announced that 15 new doctors who have arrived in the region since January of 2013.

It has become one of the biggest issues in Canadian politics and not surprisingly it dominated the conversation at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipality Association's annual meeting last week in Regina.

A sunny day on Feb. 2 left weather forecasters Wiarton Willie and Punxsutawney Phil to view their shadowy reflections and call for six more weeks of winter.