Local News

Quiet and unassuming, Dion Cochrane might not fit the mould of a typical hero. Yet, the local resident is single-handedly responsible for having saved as many as 300 lives. How has he done it? By simply rolling up his sleeve.

There were 104 calls for service during the reporting period of June 6-12, including a number of incidents of property damage and theft. During the evening hours on Sunday, contents were stolen from a number of unlocked vehicles.

Once again the Estevan Fair is going to be held in the parking lot for Spectra Place.

Canada Post workers in Estevan and throughout the rest of the country are back on the picket lines as the lockout has stretched into a second day.

The Estevan Comprehensive school held their annual awards night ceremony Wednesday, June 8. The big academic winners of the night were Haley Lingelbach, Elly Panteluk and Blair MacDonald.

The Combined Choir from the Weyburn Comprehensive School sings for the luminary ceremony at the 2011 Relay For Life, held Friday night to Saturday morning at Crescent Point Place.

A change in location did little to diminish the success of the Estevan Relay for Life.

Rev. Ross McMurtry will celebrate 60 years as an ordained United Church minister on Sunday, June 19, when he will present his last sermon as a guest speaker at Grace United Church. The worship service will be at 10:30 a.m.

Two men charged after alleged involvement in a kidnapping on May 22, made appearances in Estevan provincial court on June 9.

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.