Steven Wilson

One of the highlights from the board meeting for the South East Cornerstone Public School Division last week was the detailing of the graduation rates in the province. The on-time graduation rate and the overall graduation rate for the division were much higher than the provincial average.  

Relatively speaking, October has been very warm in the southeast. This mild weather, however, could soon be coming to an end.  

Brennan Allen is a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. He said they are fairly confident there will be a significant pattern change right across the prairies, including southeast Saskatchewan.  

The president of the South East Cornerstone Teachers’ Association presented her annual report to the board of the South East Cornerstone School Division. The SECTA has a role focused on advocacy and engagement for its membership, which includes roughly 550 teachers in 35 schools in the division.  

The provincial government introduced what it is calling the Parents’ Bill of Rights in the Legislature on Thursday. The bill is an amendment to the Education Act and outlines specific rights parents will have regarding their children’s education.  

A three-vehicle collision just west of Kisbey, along Highway 13, Thursday morning claimed the life of one man, and sent four others to hospital.  

RCMP said the collision happened around 6:40 a.m. Thursday, when an SUV collided with a truck. An additional call for service confirmed a third vehicle, a car, was involved after it collided with the initial collision scene.  

Southeast College announced Wednesday they were introducing two new programs for the 2024-25 academic year, and were bringing one back. The move comes after looking at what could be needed in the communities the college serves.  

1:03 p.m. - Discover Estevan has learned the collision near Kisbey involved three vehicles. The Stoughton/Tecumseh Fire Department has stated they responded to the scene to assist the Kisbey Fire Department but had returned to Stoughton by 8:45 a.m. 

No further details have been released by the RCMP at this time. 

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A fatal collision northwest of Vibank, near Davin, claimed two lives Saturday evening.  

In a release issued Tuesday, the RCMP stated the collision happened on Highway 48 around 6:30 p.m. They reported a truck collided with a car, and the drivers of both vehicles were declared deceased at the scene. A man who was a passenger in the car was taken to hospital via STARS with what were described as serious injuries.  

The latest job figures for the nation were released by Statistics Canada Friday morning. While the national unemployment rate was unchanged, and the provincial unemployment rate was down substantially, when adjusted for seasonality, here in the southeast the unemployment number was slightly up.  

The most recent public offering of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights was held Tuesday. The sale, which saw 152 leases across the province and 5 licenses up for bid, brought in $11,048,882 in revenue for the provincial government. This was down by $5.6 million from the sale that was held in August.  

Of the 152 leases that were posted, 104 were sold, and three of the available licenses were sold. The average bid per hectare for the leases was $483.03 and $823.00 for the licenses.