Estevan

The Eagle Sky Estevan Bruins are getting ready for a whole new hockey season, with their first matches beginning this September. The team is preparing to hit the ice with a couple of new faces following trades over the offseason.

Marty Martinson, the Bruins' play-by-play commentator and marketing director, talks about how the club is preparing for the preseason.

Cool temperatures and high humidity slowed crop maturity and harvest progress in southeastern Saskatchewan this past week.

Harvest is ongoing, with many pulse crops and some cereals already off the fields.

Hillcrest School is welcoming a familiar face into a new role this fall. Shannon Brown, who has served as the school’s learning support teacher for the past six years, is now stepping into the position of principal, and she’s bringing both excitement and a deep sense of community with her.

“I’m very excited, but extremely nervous at the same time,” Brown admitted during a recent interview. “Hillcrest has been my home for years, and I’m honoured to lead such a caring and vibrant school.”

When it comes to restoring our canola trade with China, the Canadian canola industry wants to see action and engagement from all levels of government with everyone working together to protect our market share.

Premier Scott Moe along with his Agriculture Minister Darryl Harrison and Trade and Export Minister Warren Kaeding met with federal/provincial canola groups, as well as exporters, canola crush and value-added companies.

The Crown will not appeal the acquittals of five former world junior hockey players after their high-profile sexual assault trial, one of the defence lawyers in the case said Thursday.

Daniel Brown, who represented Alex Formenton, said he has been informed of the prosecutors' decision. The Ministry of the Attorney General did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Formenton, Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote were all acquitted of sexual assault, and McLeod of a separate charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.

Air Canada says it expects to be operating close to its full network schedule by Friday. 

The airline says it is continuing to ramp up its operations in a press release Thursday. 

This comes after the airline reached a tentative deal with the union representing its flight attendants on Tuesday to end a strike that began on Saturday. 

The strike disrupted the airline's operations, resulting in the cancellation of flights. 

Mark Nasr, Air Canada's chief operations officer, said in the release that the airline is restoring operations ahead of its plan. 

After a burst of heat that brought about near-record temperatures, the southeast is now sliding into a more manageable climate. We'll dip back below the seasonal average, though some constant sunshine will balance that out.

Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Crawford Luke talks about the small storm system we've still got to get through.

Recent traffic collisions at the same Estevan intersection have caught the attention of residents, but police say overall numbers remain steady. 

Estevan Police Service Inspector Tyler McMillen said that while two collisions at King Street and Peterson Drive in recent weeks may have raised concerns, statistics show a decline in total crashes this summer. 

Arthur “Archie” Philip Vezina December 20, 1970 – August 8, 2025
Arthur “Archie” Philip Vezina, of Estevan, Saskatchewan, passed away on August 8th, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. He was 54 years young.

Wednesday was set up as a very impactful day for weather in the southeast, with near-record-breaking heat and severe storms coming into the area to make for quite the day. Environment and Climate Change Canada tracked that coming in, with a heat warning and even a tornado watch going up in some areas.

Meteorologist Crawford Luke says what actually hit the area was quite heated, but not quite record-breaking.