Estevan

The Estevan Gymnastics Club hosted its first-ever Princess and Superhero Ball on Sunday, and organizers are calling the event a major success.

The fundraiser supported the club’s regular operating costs and replaced the traditional raffle ticket sales that parents typically participate in. The club usually hosts three fundraisers per gymnastics session, but this year, organizers opted for a different approach.

The Estevan community rallied together for a successful Armageddon arm-wrestling event this past weekend, with over 160 entries and 60 competitors. Desiree Desilva, with Southern Impact and member of the Saskatchewan Arm Wrestling Association’s executive board, shared her excitement about the event’s success. 

Taking care of your mental health is critical and farmers across the prairies are as vulnerable as any other industry, maybe even more so when you consider how stressful the industry can be. 

Farmers in Manitoba now have greater access to vital mental health resources thanks to the Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program (MFWP), which offers no-cost counseling to farmers, their families, and employees over the age of 16.  

During his final days in office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing for long-promised reform to the RCMP. 

A government report released Monday, which highlights concerns about Canada's capacity to meet "the new threat environment," says it's time to modernize the police service to focus on "the most serious forms of criminality."

It says the government’s vision should be to establish the RCMP as a "world class, intelligence-led, federal policing organization."

Prairie farmers say planned Chinese retaliatory tariffs on Canadian agricultural products are causing loads of uncertainty, while threats of U.S. levies and industry issues have created further problems. 

Bill Prybylski, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, says China's 100 per cent tariffs on canola oil, meal and peas scheduled for next week are already being felt, as markets have taken a hit. 

Estevan city council received an update on a major renewable energy project at its latest meeting. Representatives from Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure (GSI), Lana Taher and Kyra Windrim, presented details on the Iyuhana Solar Project, a 100-megawatt solar farm planned eight kilometres southwest of the city.

This week the rollercoaster that is spring weather will keep on the tracks as an upswing and downswing of temperatures are being forecasted. That includes one that goes up to double-digits positives in the middle of the week to below-zero temperatures on the weekend.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Stephen Berg takes a look at exactly what we can expect this week.

The Estevan Comprehensive School Senior Girls Curling Team had a strong showing at Provincials, finishing in 4th place after a competitive weekend of play.

The team opened the tournament on Friday with two impressive victories. In their first game, they faced off against Moose Jaw Peacock, coming out on top with a dominant 9-1 win. They followed that up with another strong performance, defeating Saskatoon Holy Cross 7-4. This win secured the team's spot in the playoffs on Saturday.

Estevan police responded to a variety of calls recently, handling incidents such as impaired driving, domestic disturbances, theft, and public safety. Several arrests were made, traffic checks conducted, and officers worked alongside community organizations to ensure public safety.

Estevan Fire Rescue (EFR) was hard at work over the week with a few calls coming in from the local area.

EFR Chief Rick Davies details some of the calls they received and responded to.

On March 3, at around 2:15 p.m., a crew headed to a commercial alarm in the Northeast area of the city. Once they arrived, the crews learned that the alarm was due to electrical contractors performing tests on site and subsequently stood down in response.