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Saskatchewan's oil patch set new records in 2013, in some categories surpassing benchmarks established just the year before. The province's oil production for the calendar year just ended is 177.

Cassie Eaton (16) of Arcola, daughter of Chad and Lisa, has literally grown up riding horses. Developing her equestrian skills over the years has helped her grow into one of the top youth cutting riders in Canada.

Charges of engaging in a prize fight have been laid against the owner and a promoter of Prestige Fight Club as the result of an investigation on the Mixed Martial Arts event held in Weyburn on September 28, 2013.

Antonius Quist, left, and his older brother Wil, meet Weyburn's Brendon LaBatte as he hoists the Grey Cup, during a visit by 13 members of the Roughriders and the Grey Cup at Crescent Point Place on Jan. 25.

People who were looking forward to Robbie Burns Night were sorely disappointed on Sunday, Jan. 26.

For the week of Friday, Jan. 17, to Thursday, Jan. 23, the Carlyle detachment of the RCMP received 54 calls to service. 911 calls A 911 call in Redvers came through with a static line. The cause was indeterminate.

The Weyburn Inland Terminal CEO has advised the WIT Board he will be resigning five business days following the special meeting of WIT shareholders for the approval of the arrangement agreement with Parrish & Heimbecker.

In June of 2010 the Moose Mountain Lions were formed with the assistance of Carlyle and Kipling Lions Clubs. "We were approached by the other clubs about starting it," Stuart Balfour, president of the Moose Mountain Lions, explained.

The City of Estevan has announced that two positions have been eliminated as part of its ongoing work to tackle debt.

A combination of fundraising events, generous individual and corporate donations, and legacy gifts have brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars to the St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation.