Estevan

Krissy Wallman, TeleMiracle Rep for the Estevan Kinette Club, joined the SUN 102 Morning Show to share the club’s plans for TeleMiracle 49. After raising $18,000 last year, the Estevan Kinette Club is gearing up for their annual auction, running February 5 to 8. Wallman encourages donations from businesses, crafters, bakers, and artists, with items accepted until the end of January.

The Estevan & District Music Festival is a celebration of the performing arts, offering opportunities for participants to showcase their talents in piano, vocal, instrumental, ensemble, choir, and even spoken word performances. Celebrating its 60th anniversary last year, the festival marked a major milestone with three local piano students advancing to the provincial level—the most in recent memory.

The City of Estevan has released its proposed annual budget for 2025 to the public, examining the city's finances in the new year.

In that, they lay out the city's budget, which has been updated from the initial budget laid out at the beginning of January.

Multi-award-winning recording artist and our good friend Brett Kissel is joining us this weekend! We'll dive into his passion for travelling coast to coast, bringing unforgettable shows to his fans, and his excitement about sharing new music—including his latest single, Another One. Plus, we'll have a few songs from the past from him. 

Tune in to the Canadian Country Showcase every Saturday at 12 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m., exclusively on the Golden West Country Network.

The Estevan Police Service found an estimated $8,000 worth of cocaine at a home after executing a search warrant on January 14. As a result, 29-year-old Rylan Strudwick of Estevan was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession, and possession of proceeds of crime exceeding $5,000. 

Strudwick remains in custody and will appear at the Estevan Provincial Court on Monday, January 20. 

Old man winter is back in the southeast after a relatively warm couple of days, and with him he brought heavy winds that are causing chaos on the highways. 

Chrystia Freeland is running to be the next Leader of the Liberal party and prime minister of Canada.

She says in a statement posted on social media she will launch her campaign officially on Sunday.

The former finance minister wrote an op-ed in the Toronto Star on Friday saying she won’t back down from Donald Trump as he vows to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all products coming into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico.

Yesterday, at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, SK, a new brand was announced. SaskCanola and SaskFlax announced that they would be amalgamating under one brand called SaskOilSeeds. While this amalgamation isn’t brand new, in fact, they officially merged together on August 1st, 2024, this announcement marks a new chapter in oilseeds for producers in Saskatchewan. Tracy Broughton is the executive director of the new SaskOilSeeds brand, and she talks about why this merger was needed, and how it will help producers of Saskatchewan oilseeds in the future. 

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says he’s ready to replace Justin Trudeau and lead the Liberal party into the next election.

He made the announcement at a community centre in Edmonton Thursday afternoon, ending nearly a decade of speculation about his political ambitions.

"I'm back home in Edmonton to declare my candidacy for leader of the Liberal party and prime minister of Canada," Carney said, flanked by supporters and Liberal members of Parliament endorsing his candidacy.

With Donald Trump being inaugurated as the new U.S. president on Monday, threats of tariffs on Canada haven't gone away since they were first floated over a month ago.

Canadian businesses are now facing the reality that the longtime trading partner to the south will be introducing some bumps when it comes to trade between the two nations.