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Year-long party begins

In our ongoing Estevan 2020 series, we are taking a look at the Estevan Fire Rescue Service and the expected evolution of the department over the next few years.

Although we've learned that things can change in a second, the future appears to be very bright for the Estevan business community over the next few years.

A head on collision has claimed the life of a 33-year-old Medicine Hat man who was working in the Estevan area.

To the Editor: There is much debate going on these days on how to "fix" all these shootings going on, whether it be schools, malls, businesses - whatever. I feel we need to go back in history to see how this all got started.

Even though New Year's Eve was a relatively tame affair in the Energy City this year, members of the Estevan Police Services (EPS) note that they issued several tickets, mostly to minors who were caught being in possession of alcohol.

The third annual golf tournament for the Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation will have some "exciting changes".

During the week of Dec. 30 to Jan. 5, the Weyburn Police Service attended to 65 calls for service. Police responded to a complaint of an individual who was being threatened by a male with a gun on Jan. 2.

One man is heading to jail after providing false identification upon entering Canada at the North Portal Port of Entry in 2012. Estevan provincial court proceedings on Monday saw sentencing for Marcel Allary in the matter. On Sept. 7 at 3 a.m.

With the impending decommissioning of the Agro Forestry Development Centre, often referred to as the Forestry Farm or Shelterbelt Centre, in Indian Head, the question has been raised as to whether or not the Shand Greenhouse program could fill some o