While much of the race for city council is proposed of older residents, some young blood is also stepping into the ring with Mathew Dubowski running for a seat.
Dubowski, a 26-year-old who's lived his whole life in Estevan, says that in the past he has had a bad taste in his mouth from the city and was disappointed by it.
Now, he wants to be a part of change for the city and fight to make it better through the council.
"The past couple of years, I started paying a little more attention to what was actually happening and the things that were changing. When I started going to the city councils, I saw firsthand, the people that were running the city and I really thought that they did genuinely care about improving Estevan and it really spun me around and made me want to really be a part of making Estevan great."
Dubowski says after the last few years learning about politics he wants to get in on the municipal level to help the city.
"Politics really starts at the city level and it's the most probably important level of politics, the one that we all see and experience every day and I just want to be a part of a positive future and a legacy for Estevan."
Dubowski is hoping that people can practice understanding and he can help encourage that if elected.
"There's a lot of people here that maybe don't get quite understood as much as other people and everyone in the city really deserves that understanding and that same level of sympathy and empathy that you know other people might get more than others."
"A lot of things aren't straightforward. There's a lot of a lot of multifaceted issues as to why there are divisions and why a city or community may be not as unionized as what I personally like, but it all stems from just being understanding, being kind, being respectful, and you just grow from there."
In addressing the community's needs, Dubowski says he wants to see Estevan go back to how he perceived it years ago.
"I feel like growing up, Estevan was always kind of like the shining beacon of Saskatchewan being the energy city and you know the energy capital of Saskatchewan. I feel like just over the years after that, the big oil boom, we had it, we kind of just faded away and even within provincial politics we've kind of I feel like we haven't really been as center staged like maybe we were in the past."
"I think modernization could play a good part in bringing us back to the forefront, and by that, I mean just making it feel for people more attractive and more personable than kind of what it always used to be. I think the previous Council has done a great job at contributing to that aspect and I'd like to bring that going forward."
Dubowski says that he'd bring a younger, different perspective to the council than most others who might be elected.
"I've lived perhaps a little bit of a different life than what some people on previous and current councils may have lived and you know, I come from an opinion where I didn't always like Estevan and I really have changed that opinion over the years and I feel like maybe not everyone has had that same opinion of growing up."
"I've had very opposing opinions on many different things as well growing up and in the past four or five years, I've really changed a lot on how I see the world and see politics in general and I just really want what's best for everyone and Estevan as a whole."
For his first act in council, Dubowski wants it to be something simple and positive, working on a budget which focuses on the basics.
He overall hopes to make Estevan into a place that helps out everyone if elected.
"Whether you're somebody who is outside all the time, whether you prefer to stay inside. Regardless of your political opinions or your views, I really want people to stay, to try and stay hopeful of the future of Estevan. It won't be easy."
"I mean politics, it really hardly ever is easy or straightforward. But we all need to really just understand and realize how important and how blessed we are to not only be alive but also be in a place that is like Estevan and that has so much opportunity within Saskatchewan as well as the world."
"Estevan really shouldn't be a place for one person or one type of person. I believe it should be a place for everyone. Everyone deserves chances at happiness and love and life. That's really what I hope we can bring to Estevan with this new City Council."