Local News

Last year was a busy year for the SARCAN Recycling depot in Weyburn, which was the organization's 40th year in Weyburn. The depot had increases in the amount of paint and the number of electronics it collected.

450% increase in commercial traffic at Estevan Highway port

The Weyburn Relay for Life committee are facing a shortage of volunteers to put on their 2012 Relay for Life. "We are desperately in need of people," said Kathy Woycik, the volunteer committee chair for the Weyburn Relay for Life.

Weyburn city council tabled the 2012 budget, after some councillors asked for a one-per-cent increase instead of a zero increase budget proposed by city administration.

Three men were arrested and charged with being in possession of a controlled substance when their vehicle was stopped in the central part of the city by Estevan Police Service (EPS) on the night of May 9.

The Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association was in Estevan last week, to present a brief seminar on safety at the job site.

A couple convicted of evading income taxes of more than $90,000 over a four-year period ended up with jail sentences. Alida residents Norman and Dorothy Desautels were found guilty on Feb. 27 by Judge Karl Bazin.

News and notes from the May 7 regular meeting of Estevan city council

The Souris Valley Theatre will lose two full seasons as a result of last year's flooding, but the board is eager to get to work and bring performances back to the Energy City for next year.

They were looking for a new twist for a traditional event so the local branch of the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) called on their headquarters and partners and together they set up a fully staffed diabetes awareness site in the foyer of Spectr