Local News

Four more hopefuls have joined the race for City Council as of April 20, when nominations officially closed. Voters will now have five candidates to choose from in the City by-election on May 18.

Badminton Sub-District Playoffs were held last week. The Rookies competed in Arcola, the Seniors in Stoughton, and the Juniors at home in Carlyle. The Rookies played well in Arcola.

On April 19 at 10:30 p.m., members of the Carlyle RCMP detachment and the Kenosee Volunteer Fire Department and the White Bear First Nations Fire Crew attended to a residence on the White Bear First Nations.

Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) has received an additional $643,000 in 2011-12 from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health to expand surgical capacity in the region.

Southeast Connection is inviting southeast municipalities to their upcoming annual general meeting scheduled for May 25 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in Forget at the Happy Nun Café.

The Weyburn Community Dog Park Committee launched a new fundraiser at their first annual meeting last week.

Runoff is well advanced across most parts of southern Saskatchewan and flows have passed their peaks and are receding across much of the area, according to the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority.

Federal candidates for the Souris-Moose Mountain area were in Weyburn on April 20 to debate the issues at the All Candidates Forum, hosted by the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce.

The Estevan man whose brave fight against cancer was an inspiration to the entire province has died. Jeffery Lukye passed away Monday morning at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

After being called out to a local lounge in response to a call regarding a disturbance, Estevan Police Service personnel arrested a 26-year-old man for public intoxication on the night of April 22.