Local News

There is mixed news for anyone hoping to break into Estevan's infamously tight rental market. The latest report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation indicates the city's vacancy rate has improved in the past year.

It appears the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure is ready to unveil its new plan for the truck bypass around Estevan.

Radville and area residents gathered in the Innovation Centre on Friday evening for an information meeting regarding the plans for the new Radville Marian Health Centre, which will be going to construction hopefully by the fall.

A few incidents involving vehicles and a couple of disagreements kept the Estevan Police Service (EPS) busy on June 9.

It all started with an innocent request for some German baking goods and now the Estevan and District German Freundschaft Society is celebrating its 20th year as an official entity within the community.

One of Weyburn's youngest cancer survivors, Jola Bell, leads off the survivors victory lap to start the 2011 Relay For Life on Friday evening, accompanied by mom Jaren Bell, sister Jacey, and friends Jillian Zackrisson and Rayna Marr-Hehn.

The debate surrounding bottled water finally came to a head Monday morning, when John Challinor II appeared at Sacred Heart/Sacre Coeur School to defend bottled water against a team of Development and Peace representatives, including Dick and Helen P

The wet spring has forced the organizers of the Estevan Relay for Life to change locations.

Some very important dates are coming up at the high school this month. Weyburn Comprehensive School (WCS) will hold their annual Activity Awards on Monday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Report fromthe Weyburn Police Service for the week of May 30 to June 6: *On June 5, police were called to a report of a fight at a local bar.Upon arrival, police found the bar owner engaged in preventing a patron from re-entering the bar.