Estevan

Over 300 entries. About $1,000 raised for local charities. Five broadcasts. Six qualifiers. 

One winner. 

Earlier this morning, we gave away the ULTIMATE prize: a $3,000 trip to wherever they want to go! Congratulations to Bev Holinaty, as she gets to Jet Outta Town with a travel voucher from Denise Taylor at TravelOnly! She told us she was barely awake when we called her. 

"It was on my mind all night, thinking 'I wonder who's gonna win it' but I was going to be happy for whoever won it," she shared. 

A mature drivers refresher course is coming to Estevan to help give older drivers reminders of the rules of the road.

Put on by the Saskatchewan Safety Council, the free event will be held on November 6 at the Estevan Senior Centre from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Community Relations Coordinator Amanda Wood says the 6-hour course is just for teaching and doesn't affect people's licenses.

Estevan will welcome arm wrestlers from across Saskatchewan and Manitoba for the 15th edition of the Man-Sask Challenge, marking the first time this competition has been held in the city. Estevan Southern Impact, the local arm-wrestling club, will host the event at the Fired Up Grill on November 15 and 16.

Desiree Da Silva, one of the club’s founding members, is excited to bring the provincial rivalry home. "Last year in Brandon, it went really well," said Da Silva. "We had males and females compete, and Manitoba unfortunately got the gold medal... so we want to bring it home."

Henry Carl Rolfes
1934-2024

With broken hearts, Henry’s family announces that he peacefully passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, October 30,2024 at St. Joseph’s Special Care Home at the age of 89 years.

In keeping with Henry’s wishes there will be no service.

Hall Funeral Services in Estevan is caring for Henry’s family – Deb Heidinger, Funeral Director.

The Estevan Police Service was busy with a handful of calls which came in over the spookiest night of the year.

EPS officers found themselves in North Central Estevan after a report of a man in mare feet wrapped in a blanket in the area. Following a few patrols in the area, members were unable to find anyone matching the description.

A North Estevan motel was also attended to following a report of a male who entered and began causing a disturbance. After being located, the male was spoken to by police and warned of his actions.

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The Estevan Curling Club is gearing up for an exciting new season, thanks to the hard work of its dedicated volunteers and enthusiastic curlers. Club president Tyler McMillen shared that preparations have gone smoothly, with ice installation completed without any issues.

"This fall has been exciting, and Lawrence Hanson, our ice maker, and his crew of volunteers did a fantastic job getting the ice ready," he said.

With another four-year term confirmed by acclamation, Carlyle Mayor Jennifer Sedor is ready to lead her community through new developments and complete ongoing projects.

"I’m very excited and very grateful for another opportunity to serve my community," Sedor said. “I always feel like four years seems like a long time from the start, but by the time you get to the end, there are things that you haven’t quite finished yet.”

Maureen Anderson lost both her sons to their overseas service in the Canadian Army, even if they died years later and a continent away from the hot dust and violence of the Afghanistan war.

Growing up, Ron Anderson was more serious, “a little fighter,” his mother recalls. His younger brother Ryan was quieter, softer. Both joined the military before they finished high school, already certain of what their career paths would be.

“My boys were very kind to me, and I miss them terribly,” Anderson said in an interview this week from her home in Oromocto, N.B. 

Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug "superlab" in Canada that had been acting as a "supermarket" for organized crime. 

Police say the lab mass produced and distributed the powerful opioid fentanyl and methamphetamine across Canada and internationally.

David Teboul, assistant commissioner with the RCMP's Pacific region, told a news conference Thursday that dismantling the lab “undoubtedly saved thousands of lives in Canada and abroad.”