Estevan

The community has seen work on the Estevan Market Mall progress over the past few years, with some recent steps taken to open up a new food court.

After a 50th anniversary event back in November, they first laid out the beginnings of the food court. Visitors can now check out the area, including the new washrooms installed.

Vendors have yet to open up for the area, with Martin Blair, Managing Director of First Aberdeen Properties, talking about some of the wider work that's gone into the mall.

The second annual Canadian Wild Pig Summit is set to take place on April 29th. This virtual event will feature a morning of presentations focusing on wild pig monitoring programs and recommendations from Indigenous communities regarding the Canadian Invasive Wild Pig Strategy.

Organized by Manitoba Pork, Squeal on Pigs Manitoba, and Animal Health Canada, the summit aims to address the growing wild pig population in Western Canada. These animals pose significant dangers to people and livestock and cause considerable environmental damage.

The Western Dairy Expo begins today in Saskatoon, bringing together dairy producers from across Western Canada to showcase the best of the best in the dairy industry. 

The event runs through Saturday at Prairieland and is also being live-streamed.

The Expo starts at 2 pm today with junior events, featuring showmanship and a junior show where kids under 21 will present heifers.

Donald Bolen, the archbishop of Regina, is travelling to Vatican City for Saturday’s funeral of Pope Francis – a journey, he says, is to honour a pontiff who mirrored his vision and his compassion.

"When (Francis) put out a book called 'The Name of God is Mercy,' I smiled. Because my episcopal motto is 'mercy within mercy within mercy' — very much that same understanding,” Bolen said in an interview.

"I had enormous respect for Pope Francis through his pontificate.”

Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform's heavy reliance on economic growth in a period of deep uncertainty, while the NDP and Liberals spar over cost-cutting.

The Conservative leader was campaigning in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, with just days to go before the federal vote on Monday and a day after he released the party's costed campaign platform.

It's Christmas for many hockey fans these days. The Stanley Cup Finals are well underway, with office pools and brackets ready to go. Post-season trades are being considered, so fans are locked in to see where their favourite player will land or how their team will stack up in the fall. For us in southeast Saskatchewan, we're glued to the SJHL Finals series between the Weyburn Red Wings and the Melfort Mustangs. Right now, they're tied at 1-1 after a split weekend in Melfort.

With the spring season here and summer soon to follow, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is taking a look at what's headed to the province in terms of safety risks this season. Most commonly, that can encompass flooding concerns and wildfires, which have the possibility to pop up once conditions are drier.

A new partnership aimed at advancing energy innovation and economic diversification in southeast Saskatchewan was officially launched Wednesday at the Critical Resources, Innovation and Technology Conference in Estevan.

The memorandum of understanding (MOU), signed between Southeast Techhub (SETH), Southeast College and the University of Regina, establishes the Innovation Centre for Energy Development (ICED). The initiative will focus on applied research, workforce development, and support for startups in Estevan, Coronach and surrounding communities.

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that it's putting forward funding for the positions of 21 new police officers, which have been filled over the past year.

"Saskatchewan residents expect and deserve to feel safe in their communities, and that means having enough police officers on the ground where they are needed the most," said Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Minister Tim McLeod. "We are proud to support municipal police services in expanding their frontline capacity to prevent and respond to criminal activity in their communities." 

The southeast saw a good bit of precipitation come down yesterday as a system blasted overhead with both snow and rain coming down. For some areas of the southeast, like Estevan, they mostly felt the rain. However, areas further north got buried in what felt like winter-like conditions.

Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Justin Shelley talks about what the Estevan area received over the last day.