Local News

Weyburn Police Service answered 96 complaints during the period of Mar. 12 to 18. Calls for phone scams continue to be a concern for residents. On Mar. 12, a Weyburn resident was called and asked to send $1,200 to an address.

A female customer at a local lounge who refused to leave the facility after being asked to do so by management, was the subject of attention by the Estevan Police Service (EPS) last Friday night.

Rats, road repairs, plastic grain bags and emergency vehicles were some of the hot topics discussed at the recent Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) convention in Regina. The convention ran from Mar. 12 until Mar.

Yellow Grass (cpd) - The Grade 7 and 8 classes along with their teacher, Ms. Thiele, raised $315.50 for CANFAR (Canadian Federation for AIDS Research).

It will look slightly different than originally planned, but The Meadows of Estevan is still a go. There has been much speculation about the future of the housing project which will be located north of Wellock Road in the city's northwest corner.

Despite the reduction of injectable painkillers and anesthetics by a major supplier in Quebec, the Sun Country Health Region is coping well with the slowdown in the supply chain ... so far.

News and notes from the March 12 regular meeting of Estevan city council. It appears the two sides at odds over a proposed rental property on the 800 block of First Street will work towards a compromise.

The long-awaited announcement that a carbon capture test facility that will be linked to SaskPower's Shand Power Station near Estevan was made Tuesday morning when Hitachi Ltd.

Two different types of storage bins sit on the grounds of the main facility for the Weyburn Inland Terminal. There is a total storage capacity of 105,490 metric tonnes, with over 100 separations ranging in size from 200 MT up to 3,800 MT.

A group is coming to challenge the Grade 9 students at the Estevan Comprehensive School, all in the name of fairness, equality and respect.