Local News

With local highways seeing a disproportionately high number of impaired drivers, a look at the local court docket shows that impaired drivers aren't getting away with the behaviour without consequences.

With first-stage funding now assured, an ambitious geothermal power production project in southeast Saskatchewan near Estevan is moving ahead. Kirsten Marcia (nee Muir), a former Estevan resident who is president of Deep Earth Energy Production Corp.

Over the course of a week, we get quite a few calls from the public with news tips. Some of them turn into actual stories but, in all honesty, most of them wind up as snipe hunts.

The Aug. 25 event along Highway 39 dubbed Heaven's Flowered Highway gave some perspective on the number of lives lost along the 200-kilometre stretch of road between Estevan and Regina.

Following negotiations that were described as amicable by both sides, the City of Estevan and members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 726 have agreed to a new three-year contract.

The South East Cornerstone Public School Division committed $225,000 toward an Estevan project that will see new track and field facilities constructed at the Estevan Comprehensive School grounds.

Pangman (cpd) - An 80-year-old Pangman resident received a call recently from a somebody claiming to be a grandson who asked for money as he was on his way to jail. The resident asked the caller a family question which he could not answer.

Residents are advised to take precautions when they are out having a drink, after the appearance of a dangerous date rape drug. "Watch your drinks," said Chief Marlo Pritchard, from the Weyburn Police Service.

The recent heat wave hitting southern Saskatchewan is just what the farmers wanted and swathing is in full gear with harvest hot on its tail.

There are a lot of veterans in Weyburn and area, and while there is a lot of support for the local veterans, even more support is offered from the Royal Canadian Legion Weyburn branch.