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The 2011 version of Earth Day was a memorable one for SARCAN. The recycler had a lot of reasons to celebrate this year. Five billion to be exact.

It might be spring but old man winter clearly isn't going away without a fight. Estevan, and a large portion of southeast Saskatchewan, was hit by a fierce spring storm that dumped over 30 centimetres of heavy, wet snow on the area Saturday.

Weyburn is a "remarkable community," according to Rev. John Ferrier, recipient of the Golden Spike award from the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce on Friday night. "I came here in 1979, when the folks at Knox Church needed a minister.

The annual Rally Against Violence in Estevan (RAVE) is set for Thursday night. The Envision Counselling and Support Centre will hold the fifth RAVE beginning at 8 at the Estevan Provincial Court House.

There were some radical moves that defied the pollsters and pre-election pundits at the national level, but in Saskatchewan, the federal election results provided a solid status quo situation as the voting results poured into the returning offices Mo

The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority is warning that another round of flooding is possible along the Souris River.

The Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) has one of the highest rates of immunization coverage in Saskatchewan. The National Immunization Awareness Week in Canada was observed by health regions on April 23 to April 30.

A uniform mill rate for Weyburn of 18.

Members of the Weyburn Police Service dealt with 129 occurrences over the week of Apr. 25 to May 1, including incidents of theft and assaults, and many of the calls were alcohol related.

With construction well underway, the Southeast Regional College has moved onto the next task of filling the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute.