Local News

Weyburn city council decided on a 4-3 vote to implement a levy in support of a new acute-care hospital for Weyburn at the level of $140 a year, at their meeting on Monday night.

A man from Macoun facing charges of sexual interference was released from custody last week, following an arrest on March 5.

Traffic volumes continue to climb at the border points nearest Estevan according to information gathered by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) while reviewing their January statistics.

Grade 5 student Elysia Froese stands atop "Flat Top Rock" as Susan Nedelcov-Anderson of Weyburn In Motion and Coun. Nancy Styles of the city's Parks Board watches at left on Friday afternoon.

Weyburn and area residents who use city-treated water need to get used to boiling water and/or buying bottled water, as the city advised it will be a matter of weeks before the precautionary boil-water advisory is lifted.

The early onset of spring is becoming both a good news and bad news situation for the City of Estevan.

The Energy City will be bubbling with musicians for the rest of the month as another year of the Estevan and District Music Festival kicked off this week.

The contribution of the Saskatchewan Integrated Library program continued to increase circulation numbers at Weyburn Public Library in 2011. The library's circulation went up .9 per cent in the past year, bringing its total to 144,816.

The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum unveiled two new exhibits during a reception held on Friday.

Country music fans from Estevan and the surrounding area spent Friday evening enjoying a live show from one of the greatest country performers in Canadian history.