Estevan

Sylvia Assunta Oszust
1945-2024

Sylvia Oszust, late of Estevan, SK passed away with family by her side on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, SK at the age of 79 years.

A Celebration of Sylvia’s Life will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK with Shirley Petterson officiating.  A Private interment will take place at the Estevan City Cemetery Columbarium. Please join the family for lunch at the Royal Canadian Legion, Estevan branch following the service.

Tim Hortons’ holiday Smile Cookie Campaign returns next week, with 50 per cent of the proceeds benefiting Estevan's Salvation Army Food Bank, and 50 per cent going towards Tim's Camps. 

“So two good causes and everybody loves cookies. We’re hoping people will come out and support that. The campaign runs from the 18th to the 24th,” said  Community Ministries Director Ronza Reynard.

While buying cookies is key to the fundraiser, Reynard is also looking for volunteers to help decorate.

After a long night of counting votes from three polling places and advanced polling, Estevan residents chose Anthony Sernick to be their next mayor.

"Quite simply, to friends and family, and also all the supporters...this is our victory - not my victory," he expressed. 

After eight weeks of candidates making their case to the voters, Estevan has made their choice and elected a new City Council yesterday. 

Anthony Sernick has won the city's top job in a close race against former councillor Rebecca Foord and first-time candidate Zacch Vandenhurk, raking in 1,254 votes. In the councillors race, two incumbents survived reelection and one former councillor earned his seat back. 

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Senior Boys’ Volleyball team made an impressive showing at regionals over the weekend in Moose Jaw, earning a spot in the upcoming provincials. The Elecs finished with a strong record of three wins and one loss.

“We lost our semi-final to Balgonie, but then rebounded and won the bronze medal,” said head coach Bryton Such.

Such noted that the match against Balgonie was one of the best the team has faced this season.

President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.

The threat of the tariff is causing a lot of concern north of the border, where the Canadian Chamber of Commerce said such a tariff could take a $30-billion bite out of the Canadian economy.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."

The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says Indigenous children across the country were forcibly removed from their homes and taken "to live with strangers — sometimes hundreds of kilometres from their families and Indigenous communities."

8:56 pm: The numbers from the Church of God super poll have arrived, which concludes all of the polling places in Estevan. These are the unofficial results from the City of Estevan. 

Anthony Sernick has unofficially won the mayoral seat with 1,254 votes. Rebecca Foord was close behind with 1,108 votes. Zacch Vandenhurk sits third at 317 votes. 

Councillors

Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.

The agency said in a statement Wednesday that testing at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirms the teen did contract the H5N1 avian flu, the same strain related to viruses found in B.C. flocks in an ongoing outbreak at poultry farms.

A busy Tuesday for the Estevan Police Service (EPS) as officers responded to various incidents, including a motor vehicle collision, property theft, and disturbances. They also handled an unusual call involving an injured pigeon and addressed complaints about youth trespassing and littering.

The first incident involved a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of King Street and Souris Avenue. The matter remains under investigation.