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News and notes from the March 4 regular meeting of Estevan city council

Residents can now access health advice 24/7 with the introduction of the new HealthLine number as 811.

This year's edition of the Estevan and District Music Festival is well underway with vocalists and speech arts participants currently being assessed by adjudicator Sarah Hall of Brandon, Man.

Weyburn Rotary Club member Dale Fish gives a child a polio vaccination in the city of Sonepat, during a 10-day visit to India recently with his wife Anna, as they took part in a national vaccination day in that country.

The Weyburn Chamber of Commerce has two important events coming up in March. The next Breakfast Series for the Chamber of Commerce will be on "Commercial Property Taxes and the new Reassessment." This event will be held on Wednesday, Mar.

The Weyburn Police Service responded to 101 calls for service for the period of March 4 to 10, including a number of accidents and mischief. City police attended to a downtown business that reported damage to their building on Mar. 4.

Estevan Police Service (EPS) personnel charged an Estevan man with assault with a weapon as well as for resisting arrest after they attended to a scene of a domestic dispute on the evening of March 6.

Midale (cpd) - The Midale Skating Club will be having their annual year-end Carnival on Sunday, March 17 at 2 p.m. The children are working extra hard right now as they have had many snow days this year.

Although some areas of the province have already begun to prepare for spring flooding, it looks as though the southeast will avoid a repeat of the devastation that hit the region in 2011.

The City of Estevan has set a date for the public consultation meeting they are holding as part of the development of a much-needed housing plan.