Estevan

With the construction season just around the corner, the Water Security Agency (WSA) have started mapping out work around Rafferty Dam. $2.5 million from the provincial government has been earmarked for repairs to Rafferty Road and the Rafferty dam itself.

The Grade 12 provincial examination program will be discontinued at the end of August, the Saskatchewan government has announced. This change is part of the broader Saskatchewan Student Assessment (SSA) program, which is being developed as part of the Provincial Education Plan in collaboration with education partners.

With just three weeks to go until election day, Canada's federal party leaders are back on the road today.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toronto today following weekend campaign stops on the East Coast, where he announced plans to impose national rent control and to get every Canadian access to a family doctor in the next five years.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is wrapping up a campaign sweep on the West Coast today before flying to Edmonton for a rally.

Cereals Canada has released a series of sustainability reports for Canadian non-durum wheat, durum wheat, barley, and oats to demonstrate how the cereals value chain is meeting the challenge of sustainable cereal production.

“Canada is a global leader in the production of high-quality, nutritious, and sustainable cereal grains,” said Mark Walker, vice-president of markets and trade. “These reports confirm that Canadian farmers grow some of the most sustainable crops in the world.”

Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, as backlash to an American president who appears bent on upending the global order gains momentum.

Despite softer-than-expected tariffs against Canada last week and a more cordial tone from the White House over the past week, the echo from Trump's repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state continues to ring in Canadians' ears.

The Estevan Police Service is preparing a new five-year strategic plan while continuing to address community safety, mental health, and technological advancements. 

The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection policies like rent control.

The NDP says housing and rent prices in Canada have doubled since 2015 and the average asking rent hit $2,109 per month in January.

Police say they've charged a 31-year-old Ottawa man with several offences following an incident that placed an area of Parliament Hill under lockdown on Saturday.

Ottawa police said in a media statement Sunday that a man entered East Block in downtown Ottawa at 2:40 p.m. Saturday and started issuing threats to those inside.

Security officials isolated the man in a security screening area while police evacuated the building, which mostly houses offices for senators and their staff.

Police said the man surrendered peacefully after hours of negotiations.

Estevan Youth Soccer has officially closed registration for the 2025 season and is now shifting its focus to recruiting coaches ahead of the league’s May 5 kickoff.

President Jordan Isbister said the board is thrilled with the growing interest in the sport locally, noting a significant bump in registrations this year.

“The board is actually really excited,” he said. “Registration is up about 30 or 40 kids from last year, and just over the past couple of years, we’ve actually exploded the numbers.”

With more progress on the MRI project at St. Joseph's Hospital being made, they're thanking the community for all the work that's gone into raising the money needed. Over $5.2 million of the needed $6.5 million has been donated and raised through a variety of community donations and fundraisers across the southeast.