Estevan

The Souris Valley Theatre closed out its 2025 season on a high note last week with a sold-out performance by the Johner Brothers featuring the Johner Boys.

“It was a fantastic season, just a fantastic season this year,” said theatre president Allison Holzer. “Our attendance was up, and it was wonderful to end with the Johner Boys. We had no weather issues, which has been a challenge in past years, so everything ran really smoothly.”

Ongoing wildfires in the province have taken a sharp turn for the better, as recent rains up north have cut the amount of active fires nearly in half in around a week.

As of 10:00 a.m. yesterday, August 25, there were 45 active wildfires in Saskatchewan. Of those active fires, 10 were categorized as contained, one was not contained, 30 were ongoing assessments, and four were listed as protecting values.

The City of Estevan will be holding another discussion on possibly rezoning the area around Wellock Road from single-family to multi-use, as Sector One Construction and Verity Developments want to change plans in the area.

A public hearing was held earlier this month as part of the City Council meeting, with the attending councillors voting to table the discussion for another time.

Manitoba Agriculture warns of poor water quality risk for livestock during dry summer

Manitoba livestock producers are being advised to closely monitor water quality for their animals as dry summer conditions can concentrate harmful substances in watering sources.

The farmland market in Saskatchewan may be tilting toward the buyer.

It’s not there yet because sellers still have the upper hand, but real estate agents in the province say more land may soon come up for sale, thus tipping the scales in favour of buyers.

As of August 2025, 265 farmland properties were posted on the MLS system in Saskatchewan. That’s down drastically from 2020, when the number of farms for sale was close to 500.

The United Way Estevan is once again stepping up to support local schools as students head back to class this fall.

Executive Director Heidi Hesselink explained that one of the organization’s main focus areas is helping children reach their full potential, which includes funding several school-based initiatives. Programs currently supported in Estevan include the Hillcrest Breakfast Club, the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Student in Need lunch program, and Muffin Mornings at ECS.

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The U18 Kinettes Viragos football team began their season over the weekend, taking on a team in a match to get the team going. Matthew McGillivray, the head coach of the Viragos, says the trip was long but worth it.

"We drove up to Swan River, the long drive of five hours, but the girls seemed to enjoy it. They enjoy the bus and band trips, so they enjoyed the time bonding with each other there."

The Canada Revenue Agency has offered contract extensions to around 850 call centre employees as their union sounds the alarm over staffing levels. 

CRA spokesperson Etienne Biram says the workers, whose contracts were set to expire in September, were contacted about the decision last week.

The federal union representing workers at the tax agency recently launched an online campaign denouncing staffing cuts. 

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington this week after Ottawa announced it would be lifting some retaliatory tariffs.

LeBlanc's office said he will travel to the United States capital on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last Friday that Canada will drop some retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products to match American tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade, called CUSMA. .