Estevan

The Estevan Police Service was busy on Thanksgiving day with calls coming in from the community.

One of the reports they received was of a theft/fraud that came into EPS. Initial investigation found that a business took payment for work and failed to complete it, with the matter still under investigation.

Members also received a report of a theft of a cell phone and debit card. After responding to the situation officers determined the subject of the complaint were four young people who were warned of their actions, with the property recovered.

An Estevan doctor is facing practice restrictions as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) is opening an investigation.

Dr. Alexander Arthur has currently restricted their practice as CPSS received two complaints from female patients which alleged improper conduct by the doctor.

As such, Dr. Arthur has agreed to have a practice monitor present for any professional encounter with female patients pending the outcome of the investigations.

The Souris Valley Museum invites all families to their "Spooky Museum" this Saturday, October 19th.

The fun takes place from 1-3 at the Museum on highway 39 west. Come decked out in your best Halloween costume and be prepared to have a good time. Lots of Halloween games and crafts for everyone including cotton candy for $3 to show your support for the Museum.

Melanie Memory and Briana Robinson from the Museum joined Lyle on the Big Breakfast Show this morning on Country106-ONE.

The Estevan Bruins have been on a hotter streak since the start of the season, with the team avoiding a regulation loss throughout their games last week.

That included a 5-3 win against Humboldt on Wednesday, a 4-3 shootout loss to the Kindersley Klippers on Friday, and a comeback win against the Klippers Saturday 4-2.

Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as well as the Sikh independence group he was involved in, say their communities won't feel safe until India's consulates in Vancouver and Toronto are shut down.

That's after the Canadian government expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, and the RCMP announced on Monday it had evidence of their alleged involvement in crimes including homicide and extortion targeting the so-called Khalistan independence movement.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Spokesperson for the RCMP, Keely Grasser, says it’s important to be aware of circulating cybercrimes. She notes several common ones they encounter, beginning with phishing scams. 

“Phishing scams are when scammers use emails, text messages or social media posts or messages to send what appear to be legitimate websites but when you click on these links, it could lead you to a compromised website or to a website that may urge you to input some of your personal information which then could be stolen.” 

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says the passengers of an Air India flight that landed in Iqaluit due to a bomb threat remain stuck there, and he has approved a request for the military to help them.

Harjit Sajjan posted on X late Tuesday that the airline "hasn't found a solution" after the plane landed in Nunavut's capital with 211 passengers on board earlier in the day and that they are "stranded."

The provincial election is just a couple of weeks away with candidates looking to make their case, including here in the southeast.

In the Cannington constituency, Dianne Twietmeyer is running for the Saskatchewan NDP.

She's hoping to break into an area that's not traditionally favoured by her party in order to help those southeast residents.

In a lab at the University of Saskatchewan, the search is on for a drug that will eliminate a protein found in cancer cells, and ultimately kill the cancer due to lack of iron.

Oleg Dmitriev, a professor at USask, says there is a protein that appears at high levels in cancer cells which regulates iron within them. Cancer cells require this protein, called MEMO1, in order to invade healthy tissue, so the team is currently screening for a drug that will target and eliminate the protein.

Dmitriev says iron is vital to all living things, however, it has a ‘dark side’.

September was a record month for CN when it comes to grain movement in Western Canada.

CN's Vice President of Grain David Przednowek is pleased with the numbers considering they are still working out some of the kinks from the Grain Workers Strike at the Port of Vancouver.