Estevan

The RM of Estevan, in partnership with the Water Security Agency (WSA), is making significant headway on a multi-million-dollar infrastructure project at Rafferty Dam. The upgrades, years in the making, aim to improve access, safety, and maintenance flexibility around the dam site. 

Changes are coming to the AgriStability program as Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture met for a virtual meeting last week. Federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald and Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture Daryl Harrison announced Saskatchewan producers will see changes to AgriStability for the 2025 program year. 

The Estevan Motor Speedway held one of its biggest weekends of the year over the past couple of days, with the Riley Raynard Dirt Wars Championship being held here in the southeast. The annual doubleheader sees races in all categories held across Saturday and Sunday, unlike the usual one-day event for the Speedway.

Brad Pierson, the President of the Speedway, says the days are an opportunity to focus on a certain class of drivers.

The founding CEO of the five-year-old organization will stay on until January 2026

Seeds Canada is looking for a new chief executive officer after Barry Senft announced he is stepping down from the role he’s held for about four years.

Senft will continue to serve as CEO until the end of January 2026.

“I think after five years, it’s time for new leadership,” he said during the 2025 Seeds Canada conference in Quebec City.

He said someone with more seeds experience would make sense now that the organization is up and running.

As five former Canadian world junior hockey players await a ruling in their sexual assault trial, legal experts say videos shown in court of the complainant saying she was OK with what had happened highlight a broader misunderstanding of consent and sexual assault law in Canada.

Two cellphone videos in which the woman says she’s “OK with this” and that “it was all consensual” were presented as evidence during the trial of Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, and Callan Foote.

Several Conservative MPs are criticizing the Crown's approach to prosecuting two key organizers of the Freedom Convoy protests, with the party's deputy leader calling it an act of "political vengeance."

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were convicted of mischief in April for their roles in organizing the demonstration, which blockaded streets around Parliament Hill for more than three weeks in early 2022.

Barber was also convicted of counselling others to disobey a court order.

The southeast will have to hold on tight once again as we're seeing another system come through tonight following a pair of thunderstorms over the weekend. Environment and Climate Change Canada is tracking the system, set to hit us starting overnight and lasting into the day.

Meteorologist Crawford Luke takes a look at what we can expect.

A heartfelt tribute to longtime volunteer Kevin Sliva helped kick off the U11 AA and AAA Provincial Championships in Estevan on Friday, as 16 teams from across Saskatchewan gathered for a weekend of baseball and community spirit.

Estevan’s annual Street Dance faced an unexpected challenge this year when heavy rain forced organizers to rethink their plans. Originally set to take place outdoors, the community celebration was quickly relocated indoors to the Power Dodge Curling Center. The move proved to be both necessary and successful.

Robert Godfrey, one of the event’s organizers, described the experience as a bit of a whirlwind but emphasized that the quick pivot helped save the party.

Saskatchewan residents may have seen a van driving around the province last week with a graphic displaying Saskatchewan's current debt, put on by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. They drove that van to raise awareness for the province's current debt scenario, urging the provincial government to take action on getting the debt squared away.

Prarire Director Gage Haubrich talks about the debt clock and what they hope to achieve.