Estevan

The Oxbow Public Library is marking Remembrance Day this week with programming focused on the symbol of the poppy.

Head librarian Megan Anderson shared details about the crafts, reading selections, and displays aimed at educating the community on the significance of Remembrance Day.

“Every week we have a different learning theme, and this one we are learning about poppies,” Anderson said. “Today is our first activity. We’re making a craft out of tissue paper, buttons, and a black-and-white photo, so it’ll look like someone is holding a poppy in their hands.”

Saskatchewan stepped up once again, as the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Radiothon raised $1,010,204 to improve care at Saskatchewan’s only children’s hospital. 

Broadcasting on 32 radio stations across the province on Tuesday and Wednesday, the radiothon aimed to raise funds for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation to purchase state-of-the-art cardiac and respiratory equipment. 

The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal’s Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a decade ago when maintenance costs got too high. 

After years of rising rents, a forced move and general instability, its members are happy to have somewhere to meet. But president Darlene Harrison says one question keeps coming back: “When are we going to have our own home again?”

Stories passed down from elders tell how First Nations from afar would paddle their canoes to bathe in the hot springs on the territory of the Sts'ailes First Nation.

They believed the water contained medicine, said Sts'ailes Grand Chief William Charlie.

“Our people have been using it for tens of thousands of years," he said of the springs he called Qwólts, meaning boiling medicine water.

The Chief Executive Officer for Cereals Canada says a significant funding announcement will enable them to continue supporting markets around the world.

Dean Dias says they have received $7.3 million in funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. He notes this substantial investment includes $6.6 million over three years from the AgriMarketing Program and $674,000 over five years from the AgriScience Program. 

The Estevan All Candidates Forum offered residents a final opportunity Wednesday to hear from mayoral and council candidates before the upcoming civic election.

The federal government is ordering the dissolution of TikTok's Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform, but stopped short of ordering people to stay off the app.

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the government's "wind up" demand Wednesday, saying it is meant to address "risks" related to ByteDance Ltd.’s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc.

The Estevan Comprehensive School is hosting their annual career fair tomorrow, showing off some of the ways students might spend their time once they're done high school.

A number of displays will be set up from 5 to 7:30 p.m., encompassing post-secondary schools, businesses, and industries looking to attract fresh blood.

CPKC is gearing up for their holiday train travelling around North America for its 26th consecutive year.

That'll bring Seaforth and Alana Springsteen to the southeast, who will stop off in North Portal on December 18th at noon and again later that day in Estevan at 2:30 p.m.

Terry Cunha, a spokesperson with the CPKC, talks about how the event can help out those in need across the country.

The Estevan Curling Club is eagerly awaiting the outcome of its bid to host the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, as community support and excitement build around the possibility of bringing the national championship to the city.

Club president Tyler McMillan shared updates on the bid process and the local support driving it.