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The Estevan Fire Rescue Service is dealing with a bad case of "premature dispatch." The department has been inundated with a rash of false alarms in 2013 and is hoping that an education campaign will curb the problem.

The city played host to its flagship trade show over the weekend for the 20 th year, as the annualEstevan Business Expo Showcase attracted thousands. About 100 businesses set up booths at Affinity Place beginning last Friday.

Roger Sinclair, the new cook at the Weyburn Legion Hall, is served a Russian treat, a turtle cake, by Ashley Koszman, who spent a year in Biysk, Russia, on a Rotary student exchange trip.

Bonnie Wohlberg and Tim Haywahe place the canvas pole in place as they raise a tipi on the Tommy Douglas Centre grounds on Saturday morning as part of Culture Days.

First Nations dancers from Ocean Man First Nation invite members of the public to join them in a traditional round dance as they end their performance at the Tommy Douglas Centre on Saturday.

Mike Benoit checks the sound on an interactive display he designed for the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and CARAS (Canadian Academy of Recording Artists and Sciences) while installing it at the Soo Line Historical Museum on Thursday.

Saskatchewan patients continue to receive surgeries sooner, thanks to improvements in how surgical care is planned and delivered.

In small communities the sense of togetherness is found at every turn. You see each other often whether it is at the grocery store, on the street, or at the hockey rink.

Through a generous donation, the Salvation Army's meat supply has been replenished however their food bank shelves could use a little stocking. The Postal Food Drive is set to go Saturday, September 28.

Craft shows can often act as an amplifier, increasing the tame and modest whisper of one's business to a strong recognizable voice among the craft business cohort. Paul and Floreen Smith are owners of such a business.