Estevan

The RCMP is rolling out body-worn cameras for officers, deploying more than 10,000 cameras across the country in the next 12 to 18 months.

Officers will be expected to turn on their cameras when they answer calls or interact with the public. They will wear the cameras on their chests and they will flash red lights to indicate they are recording.

"The muscle memory that we're training officers to build in is essentially seatbelt off, camera on," said Taunya Goguen, the RCMP’s corporate management officer, at a press briefing Thursday. 

Manitoba recording artist Jerry Sereda joins us to share his new single, Baptized by Your Love. We’ll also have a special appearance from American recording artist Chase Matthew, who will debut his latest single, Darlin’, live from his tour bus as he travels across Canada this week. Plus, we’ll look back at this week in 2017 with a #1 hit from Thomas Rhett.

Since 1946, Southern Plains Co-op has been a cornerstone of local communities. Today, the organization celebrated the grand opening of its new food store in Carlyle.

Southern Plains Co-op General Manager Brian Enns said the new store is part of the Co-op's efforts to meet community needs and expand operations.

"Some of the things we've done in recent years include building a new grocery store with a convenience gas bar and a liquor store in Oxbow. We've also added a couple more liquor stores, one in Carlyle and one in Estevan," Enns said.

Andrew Eugene Bourassa

January 4, 1951 - November 11, 2024

It is with great sadness, that we announce the passing of our beloved Andrew ‘Andy’ Bourassa on November 11, 2024, at the age of 73.

The Celebration of Life for Andrew will be announced at a later date.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is looking to keep the Redvers Health Centre more open for residents as they've implemented a virtual physician program.

The SHA calls the program a temporary measure to help sustain and support access to emergency health services while they try to stabilize health human resources.

Whenever local physicians are not available at the Redvers Health Centre and local recruitment efforts are ongoing to fill provider vacancies, the virtual physician program will be used to address patients in the ER.

Voters across southeast Saskatchewan went to the polls on Nov. 13 to elect mayors and councillors, with communities including Bienfait, Carlyle, and Lampman seeing tight races.

In Bienfait, Ken Bonokoski won the mayor's seat, and six councillors were elected from a field of seven candidates. David Johnson received 107 votes, Dennis Gonas 117, Paul Caroll 98, Melissa Rensby 97, Daniyale Woolsey 88, and Bill Mann 123. Diedra Maurer narrowly missed a seat with 83 votes.

Earlier this year, Protein Industries Canada announced a project and partnership with agriculture companies to help improve plant-based products including cheese. Partnering with Daiya Foods, Ingredion, Ingredion Plant Based Specialties (IPBPS) and Lovingly Made Flour Mills; the goal is to use Canadian grown crops such as peas and faba beans to help improve the taste, texture, and overall quality of plant-based cheese.  

Estevan residents have elected a new city council, re-electing Shelley Veroba for a third term. Veroba, who received the highest vote count among councillors, expressed gratitude for the strong voter turnout and said she is eager to continue bringing residents' voices to council chambers.

"I live in Gainesborough, so I was almost to Carievale which is the next town west. Then all of a sudden, there's a great big green ball of light appeared just over the horizon. It wasn't, like, high up in the sky and it looked like it was falling towards the ground. As it was falling, the green ball diminished a little bit, and it had, like, a white streak behind it."

With Estevan's civic election unofficial results in, a few new faces are ready to help Estevan through its city council.

That includes Tom Mauss, who was voted into office with an unofficial vote count of 1233 votes, the fifth highest of all the nominees.

Mauss says he's thrilled with the result.