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Estevan police responded to a variety of calls over a recent stretch, including a mischief investigation, wellness checks, tenant disputes and reports of suspicious activity across the city.

On April 18, Police were dispatched to a burglar alarm at a business on the northeast end of the city. Members spoke with staff and it was determined to be a false alarm.

With spring here in the southeast, communities are getting ready for what they're hoping will be a busy construction season, with a number of projects moving forward. In Carlyle, that encompasses infrastructure, large and small, with some additional work getting done to add more members to the community.

Natalie Miller, Carlyle's CAO, talks about their current efforts to get their upcoming projects ready.

Jody Holzmiller has been officially appointed CEO and President of Southeast College, after serving in the interim role since July. She will step into the permanent position on May 1st. 

Holzmiller brings a wealth of experience from her 20 years with the college, and the Saskatchewan college system. 

“It is both a pleasure and an honour to have been given the opportunity to fill the interim role since July and now be awarded the permanent role as CEO. I think what I bring to the position is the experience and the knowledge of the Saskatchewan College system.” 

Former Torquay mayor Mike Strachan has been honoured with a Life Membership Award from the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA), recognizing his 16 years of dedicated service and significant contributions to municipal politics at the provincial and national levels.

“It’s just something you don’t ever expect to be recognized for by your colleagues in the municipal sector,” Strachan said. “It’s pretty exciting.”

The southeast is seeing more showers come into the area this week, though some of that may end up falling as snow with temperatures plummeting. That begins later today, with a system just about to sweep into the area this evening.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Shannon Moodie talks about what we'll be seeing over the next couple of days.

The Estevan Comprehensive School badminton team is celebrating a clean sweep at the district level, with all players earning medals and advancing to Regionals.

In Boys Singles, Dongjun Won took home gold after a dominant run through the bracket. Jane Contillo matched that result in Girls Singles, also earning first place with a strong and steady performance.

In Boys Doubles, Xave Sequito and Moksh Rabari proved to be a winning combination, capturing gold in their division.

Road maintenance will begin tomorrow as city crews are working on resurfacing 4th Street.

The work will ring in the first step of the city's plan to finish up their work with the Downtown Revitalization Project.

The 1300 to 1500 blocks will be closed beginning at 7 a.m., with no through traffic allowed on the street.

Work is expected to last until May 9th, continuing forward to the next stage of their plans for the road.

With the federal election just days away, farmers and ranchers had the opportunity to hear directly from political parties about their agricultural policies.  With the federal election just days away, farmers and ranchers had the opportunity to hear directly from political parties about their agricultural policies.  The Canadian Federation of Agriculture held their National Agriculture Leaders Debate last week. The debate on Thursday featured representatives from the Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Green, and Bloc Québécois parties. 

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The Conservatives and NDP spent the weekend hunting votes in British Columbia — a key late-campaign battleground that one pollster says may offer Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre his best shot at victory.

Both Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh addressed Canadians' cost-of-living concerns at campaign events in B.C. on Sunday.

Singh was asked if he was advocating strategic voting to shore up the party's flagging support against possible Conservative inroads in the region.