Estevan

Souris Valley Theatre said goodbye to its second and final musical of the season Friday night with Golden Gals Vacation, an original production by Randy Apostle that paid tribute to the sitcom The Golden Girls with a prairie twist.

Apostle said the sitcom’s enduring popularity made it an ideal project to adapt.

“When you go back and watch that show, it still stands up today—the risks they took, how funny they were, and the great leaps they made for women in comedy,” he said. “It’s always fun to be able to pay tribute to that.”

The southeast will once again play host to the ICED Conference, but this year it's looking to be bigger than ever before. The conference attracts guests and speakers from across Canada and the US, talking about technology and industry.

Gordon More, the Executive Director at the Southeast Techhub, says they've seen a lot of growth over the past couple of conferences.

Passengers around the world are feeling the effects after the union representing more than 10,000 flight attendants with Air Canada announced its members were walking off the job after it was unable to reach an eleventh hour deal with the airline.

The strike officially began just before 1 a.m. ET on Saturday.

Keelin Pringnitz and her family, from Ottawa, were returning from a European vacation, but were left stranded after flights were cancelled.

A meeting between Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers has been delayed until next week due to the availability of federal mediators, the company says.

The two sides, which were set to meet Friday, will now meet on Aug. 20.

It's been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers rejected the employers' latest offers in a majority vote.

After more than a year and a half of negotiations, the two sides met with federal mediators earlier this week before agreeing to meet with each other.

Federated Co-operatives recently purchased the remaining shares in six agricultural retail outlets owned and operated by the Blair Family Group of Companies.

FCL Vice President of Energy & Ag Ron Healey, says the joint venture with the Blair family has been a positive, mutually beneficial partnership as Co-op continues to grow its ag retail footprint across Western Canada; now four local co-ops will take over the operation of the six Blair Crop Solution outlets.

Southeast College is looking ahead to a busy and exciting fall season, with new programs, community events, and unique learning opportunities for the region.

Executive Director of Innovation and Applied Research, Tania Andrist, says the college continues to grow its footprint in the energy and innovation space. Programs such as Power Engineering are already full with waitlists, while spots remain open in Industrial Mechanics and the Electrician program.

The ongoing wildfire situation in Northern Saskatchewan has seen some progress as rain has come down and fires are cooling off. As of Wednesday, the province's fire ban covering much of the northern part of the province has also been lifted.

Vice President of the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) Steve Roberts says that what were once the three most intense fires in the province, the Wolf, Shoe, and Ditch fires, are now all considered contained. This means they aren’t expected to grow, but they aren’t necessarily out. 

The Federal Government's grain monitor, Quorum Corporation has released the stats for July 28-July 31, 2025 - the last week of the 2024-2025 crop year. 

According to the report, country stocks dropped to 2.31 million metric tonnes, utilizing 44 per cent of country elevator space. 

Total western port terminal stocks dropped to 1.1 million metric tonnes, using 57 per cent of the working capacity.

Tonight, the Estevan Motor Speedway is hosting races to make up for a cancellation last week. Last Saturday, the races were cancelled, which featured wingless sprint cars and races in all classes.

Unfortunately, one class won't be coming to the track tonight, says Board Member Aaron Turnbull.

"They have a race scheduled somewhere else this weekend, so we weren't able to reschedule them. But we thought we'd give all our regular racers that we race with us weekly a make-up date to give them another shot at the points races as we lead up to the end of the year."

Estevan Dairy Queen was bustling Thursday as the community came out in full force for the 23rd annual Miracle Treat Day in support of the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital.

For franchise owners Louise Vandenhurk and Loret Zoner, the day holds special meaning.

“It’s our 23rd annual Miracle Treat Day, and actually, it’s our personally 21st, we missed the one year because of the fire. It’s a big day, and everything from every Blizzard goes to the Jim Pattison Hospital.”