Steven Wilson

The Estevan Elecs captured the annual Co-op Challenge Wednesday night at Weyburn Comprehensive School in a night full of intense volleyball action, and some off-court drama.  

The WCS Eagles came into the night trailing in the four-game challenge, with Estevan having taken both matches in the first leg, played in Estevan on October 9th. This would mean the Eagles needed a strong performance in both of the games in front of their home crowd.  

The leaders of the two parties who are considered the front-runners in the Saskatchewan provincial election took to the debate stage Wednesday evening, fielding questions from a panel of four journalists, while trying to make their case to the voters of Saskatchewan. 

The latest job data from Statistics Canada was released Friday morning, and it showed the unemployment rate in southeast Saskatchewan was down in September, despite fewer people working in the region.  

The Regina-Moose Mountain Economic Region, which includes Weyburn and Estevan, had an unemployment rate of 5.9 per cent in September. This was down slightly from 6.1 per cent in August. Despite the drop, 1600 fewer people were working in the region, primarily in Regina.  

Midale’s Keely Shaw had southeast Saskatchewan awake early and glued to the television on August 30th, as she raced for the bronze medal in the C4 Women's 3000m pursuit at the Paralympics in France. Shaw would finish the race in a time 3:46.942, beating Samantha Bosco of the United States for the medal. 

Earlier this week, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Greg Fergus, admonished Members of Parliament in general, and gave them a warning about their behaviour after a heated exchange in the House of Commons some thought could turn to blows.  

The Conservatives stated the NDP leader Jagmeet Singh challenged Conservative leader Piere Poilievre to a fight during the exchange, while the NDP stated Singh was standing up to bullying from Poilievre.  

The emergency room in Radville will open back up Wednesday morning, after being closed since 8 a.m. Monday due to a physician shortage. This closure was the 20th for the emergency room in Radville since July 1st.  

It seems to happen at least once every school year – a letter coming home advising that head lice is in a classroom, or a child comes home with pink eye. Both of these aren’t exactly rare and are easily remedied in most situations.  

It seems to happen at least once every school year – a letter coming home advising that head lice is in a classroom, or a child comes home with pink eye. Both of these aren’t exactly rare and are easily remedied in most situations.  

Over the weekend, we had a poll on DiscoverEstevan to find out the thoughts of voters in the southeast ahead of the provincial election, which will likely be called in the coming days. Those who took part in the poll answered which party they were most aligned with, which party they were least likely to vote for, and which leader they trusted the most. The responses below are for the three ridings around Estevan - Estevan-Big Muddy, Weyburn-Bengough and Moosomin-Montmartre. 

Few details have been made available after an incident in Midale on the weekend involving a pedestrian and a train. 

The RCMP reported shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning the rail crossings at Highway 606 and Highway 702 were closed after an incident involving a train along the CPKC line. Further details released later from CPKC stated the incident involved a train making contact with a person near the intersection of Highway 606 and Railway Avenue in Midale.