Estevan

SaskEnergy will be performing a controlled gas flare near the city of Estevan this week, with work ongoing close by.

The company will be flaring the TransGas block valve site, located in the RM of Estevan near the intersection of Bienfait Grid Road and Kensington Avenue, around 1.5 kilometres northeast of Estevan.

Flaring will take place intermittently from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29th and Wednesday, April 30th, with possible changes depending on operating requirements.

It's the election that most southeast voters have been waiting for.

Today is the federal election. While local candidates are vying to get your vote, Elections Canada is making sure the process of getting you to the polls is as smooth as it gets. 

Southern Alberta irrigators enter the growing season with full reservoirs following the much drier conditions of previous years.

Irrigation reservoirs in southern Alberta are looking a lot better than they have in recent years.

“We are going into the year with full reservoirs, which is nice, especially since the snowpack in the mountains is still in that lower quartile,” said Alex Ostrop, chair of the Alberta Irrigation Districts Association (AIDA) and board member of the St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID).

As the warmth of spring settles in and April showers promise a season full of blossoms, we’ve been busy gathering your adorable entries for this month’s Perfect Pet Contest! With tails wagging, paws prancing, and whiskers twitching, your pets have truly brought the spirit of the season to life.

It's been a journey for the Estevan Market Mall's liquor scene, following the province's divestment from liquor retail back in 2023. The province closed down their existing vendors, auctioning off the licenses to new owners.

One of those selloffs was in the Estevan Market Mall, which represented a loss of a dependable, long-time business for the organization. Dawson Macauley, a sales and leasing agent with ICR Commercial Real Estate working with the mall, talks about the situation on their end.

The federal government, provinces, and territories have made a key change to AgriStability that will benefit producers.

Given the pressures and uncertainty facing the agricultural sector, they have agreed to extend the 2025 AgriStability enrolment deadline from April 30th to July 31st.

The extension gives producers more time to evaluate their needs and the potential impact to their farming operation for production losses, increased costs, and changing market conditions. 

This is the second change to the program as farmers deal with tariff issues.

After a short, intense and heated election campaign of just 35 days, Canadians go to the polls today to elect a new federal government.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spent weeks pitching their cases to voters.

Carney, the former central banker and political neophyte, presented himself as a safe pair of hands for a country threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump, while Poilievre focused on addressing crime and the high cost of living and Singh pushed to protect social programs he argued are under threat.

Charges have been laid against a man who's accused of racing a vehicle through a crowded street at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver, killing 11 in an attack the interim police chief called the "darkest day" in the city's history.

Vancouver Police said in a statement Sunday that Kai-Ji Adam Lo faces eight counts of second-degree murder and further charges are anticipated.

Const. Tania Visintin said some victims remained unidentified.

Charges have been laid against a man after the attack on a Vancouver Filipino festival on Saturday night that killed 11 people. 

British Columbia's Court Services Online says Adam Kai-Ji Lo faces eight counts of murder.

Vancouver Police have said those who were killed range in age from 5 to 65 and the death toll could rise as dozens more were hurt when an SUV raced down a street where the Lapu Lapu Day festival was just wrapping up.