Local News

Town Council would like to meet with CN (Canadian National Railway) to talk to them about doing a press release or a public meeting.

Report from the Weyburn Police Service for the two-week period of December 19 to January 3: Over the reporting period the police dealt with 154 calls for service, including attending two residential and two commercial alarms.

The Lomond 4-H Beef Club held their monthly meeting at Oungre Park on December 5. The meeting began with the 4-H pledge and the members and parents discussing the following new business: 1) Weigh day for our steers. 2) Weight guess for our steers.

The weekly report is prepared with the assistance of the Carlyle RCMP. Issues involving the Mental Health Act, among others, are not reported. The report of this week covers the period of Dec. 10 to Dec. 16.

The new year got off to a tough start for a pair of Estevan residents after their home was destroyed by a fire Jan.2. The Estevan Fire Rescue Service says it was alerted to a blaze on the 1400 block of Fifth Street at approximately 2 a.m.

The sun peeks over the eastern horizon in this view looking southeast of Weyburn, with the Weyburn Inland Terminal at the end of this railway track, which was lit golden by the rising sun on Wednesday.

The public section of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) is also upset with the provincial government's sudden announcement regarding an increase in funding for private schools to 50 per cent and associate schools to 80 per cent.

The Brokenshell Parks and Recreation Board is appealing to the public to support them as they try to fund-raise to save the Trossachs Hall.

A pre-Christmas traffic blitz proved to be a success for police agencies across Saskatchewan and here in Estevan. Twenty-five people were charged with impaired driving during a province-wide traffic blitz in mid-December.

After climbing close to the 13,000 mark in 2010, Estevan's population dipped slightly in 2011, according to provincial government numbers. The covered population statistics were released in late December by the Ministry of Health.