Estevan

With another day of extreme heat for the southeast on the schedule residents are reminded to keep cool however they can.

City Safety Coordinator Helen Fornwald says that the city's plan that they put forward for heat responses is something most people should follow.

She describes some of the steps people should take during hot weather.

The latest Crop Report from the Ministry of Agriculture indicates that conditions were generally drier over the past week compared to previous weeks. Overall, crop conditions have been reported as good.

In the southeast, producers are working on fungicide applications due to frequent showers and humid conditions, which contribute to disease development.

Estevan Southern Impact, an arm wrestling club in Estevan, is hosting an Open House Practice & Appreciation BBQ on July 20. The event aims to raise awareness about the sport of arm wrestling and the club itself. One of the club's founding members, Desiree De Silva joined the SUN 102 morning show to invite the community to the event.

Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) has issued a provincial fire ban for all Crown lands, provincial parks, provincial recreation sites, and the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District.  

The ban came into effect today and includes open fires, controlled burns, and fireworks are all included in the ban as well as all land within 4.5 km of provincial forest boundaries.  

Mabel Bouchard

1929-2024

Mabel passed away at the age of 94, at the St. Joseph’s Hospital on Monday, July 8, 2024.

Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church with Rev. Thuy Nguyen presiding.  Interment will follow at the Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. Please join the family for a time of lunch and fellowship at the Church Auditorium.

An Estevan city street will be slowing down drivers as crews are hard at work in the area.

Perkins Street's south side to 2nd Street will have reduced speeds to 30 km/h for construction.

The city advised the public to stay alert when passing by a construction zone to keep those workers safe.

Progress on the 4th Street Revitalization progress has the area blocked off up to the halfway point of the 1200 block.

Saskatchewan's New legislation around Animal Production Regulations consolidates four existing Acts related to animal production into one.

It also reduces ten sets of regulations into a single set, which reduces the red tape and simplifies the legislation. 

Agriculture Minister David Marit says these changes are a positive step toward modernizing and streamlining regulatory processes for  producers  

A man who admitted to killing four women in Winnipeg but claimed he was too mentally ill to be held responsible has been found guilty of first-degree murder.

Defence lawyers had argued Jeremy Skibicki was suffering from schizophrenia at the time of the slayings in 2022 and should be found not criminally responsible and detained in a hospital.

But Crown prosecutors said he had the mental capacity and awareness to commit and cover up the killings.

People in a packed courtroom cheered and clapped when the verdict came down Thursday. Skibicki showed little emotion.

It’s Operation Safe Driver Week July 7 through July 13, and you’ll see an increase in members of the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol, RCMP, and municipal police. 

The campaign is observed annually according to Mathew Austin, commercial vehicle enforcement specialist with the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol. “It’s coordinated by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA).” 

The Government of Saskatchewan held its first subsurface mineral public offering of the fiscal year on Monday, July 8, 2024, and generated $5,935,425.46 in revenue, driven by interest in lithium potential.

Of the 18 subsurface permits posted for this offering, 16 received acceptable bids covering a total of 39,650.88 hectares. The permits, which are prospective for lithium, are located mainly in southeast Saskatchewan.