Local News

The adjudicators for each portion of the Weyburn Rotary Music Festival has been chosen for the annual competition, which will be getting underway on Monday, March 5, starting with the piano portion. The piano competition will run from Mar.

Talented performers from different communities in Saskatchewan come together for one event, Telemiracle. Several local performers will appear on the Conexus Arts Centre stage in Regina, during the live broadcasting of Telemiracle.

Workers watch to see if a track hoe and a CAT bulldozer can combine their efforts to pull this 40-ton rock truck out of the mud and water, after it fell through the ice on a large slough north of Hume on Feb. 1.

Alcohol was a factor in three incidents that resulted in Estevan Police Service (EPS) action this past week according to their reports. On the night of Feb.

Music fans from all over southeastern Saskatchewan filled Spectra Place in style when Canadian pop-rockers Hedley helped blast the roof off the place on Saturday night.

The Weyburn District Regional Planning Commission announced on Thursday that the City and RM of Weyburn have entered into a joint agreement with a land owner that will add to the development of residential and commercial land in the area.

Weyburn's Legal Aid office will be closing as it will be "consolidated" with the office in Estevan - but the head of Legal Aid Saskatchewan assures that the Legal Aid services will still be available to those who need them in Weyburn.

The low key After Dark Concert Series demonstrated there doesn't need to be an arena show for Estevan music lovers to find some great tunes. The concert series continued with a young Regina six-piece and a former Estevanite.

Despite a year of challenges, Estevan's water treatment plant is continuing to meet the city's needs. The annual water quality report was released at the Feb. 6 meeting of city council.

There is some good news for those fearing a repeat of last year's floods. Barring a massive amount of precipitation this spring, it appears as though the chances of another flood in southeast Saskatchewan are very low.