Estevan

The Village of Torquay is gearing up for a once-in-a-century celebration. From June 27 to 29, the community will mark its 100th anniversary with a weekend packed full of food, music, history, and family-friendly events. Mayor Terry Malaryk and Centennial Committee Chairperson Cindy Daae joined the SUN 102 Morning Show with Dan to share what’s in store.

Sometimes all it takes to keep a community clean is a little competition. Thats how the communities of Midale, Lampman, and Bienfait are organizing their spring cleaning, with the second annual MLB Cleanup Competition. 

According to Theresa Biller, the administrator for the Town of Lampman, it was the community of Lampman who first suggested the competition; however, the idea originally belonged to three other communities in the area. 

The downtown construction site saw a recent collision as a truck went through the site's fencing yesterday.

In a Facebook post sent out at around 6 p.m., pictures of the crash were posted, along with a brief description of a 2010-ish "white Dodge half tonne with a black RAM decal on the rear panels and a smashed up driver side front end".

The 2024-25 school year is winding down across the southeast as graduations are taking place and summer vacations are starting up. For the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division (HFRCSSD), their final day of classes is June 26th, with a couple more weeks left to go for students.

Ken Sampson, the Director of Education at the HFRCSSD, says they had a great 2024-25 school year.

An organization that monitors the effect of information flows on human rights says the new federal border security bill appears to "roll out a welcome mat" for expanded data-sharing agreements with the United States and other countries.

Researchers with The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto say they want the federal government to reveal more about the information-sharing implications of the bill due to a possible risk to human rights.

Canada is hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has two days of meetings scheduled with world leaders, with discussion topics likely to include trade, the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East.

Here are some highlights from the first day of the summit. 

The countdown to a U.S.-Canada trade deal is on

Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to have a deal on a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S. by mid-July.

The Carlyle RCMP is hoping for some help in a case of ongoing oilfield thefts in the area near Redvers and Manor. Over the past four weeks, the RCMP says that thefts have targeted oilfield worksites in that area of the southeast.

Thefts have included a wide range of equipment and property, with the thefts oftentimes negatively affecting operations.

Estevan Fire Rescue's latest calls from over the week showed off some of the work done in the community.

First, on June 9, a crew was dispatched to a vehicle fire at 8:55 p.m. in the Northeast area of the city. The crew found that the vehicle was suffering a minor electrical fire, which was extinguished. Minor damage to the vehicle was reported from the fire.

The Estevan Police Service responded to a variety of calls over the past several days, ranging from neighbour disputes and public disturbances to reports of mischief, intoxication and even a deer caught in a fence.

On June 12, the Estevan Police Service received a report of mischief to a motor vehicle. The matter remains under investigation. That same day, police conducted a well-being check on a female at an apartment complex. Officers made contact with her, but she declined any services.

Rain and cooler temperatures brought relief to fire-ravaged Manitoba and Saskatchewan Monday, allowing fire bans to be reduced and more evacuees to go home.

The weather helped fire crews get an upper hand in parts of northern Manitoba to clear the way for some of the 21,000 or more evacuees to start returning home.

David Monias, chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation, reposted video of heavy rainfall on social media along with video of small planes leaving Winnipeg with evacuees who were forced out almost three weeks earlier.