Estevan

St. Joseph's Addiction & Recovery Centre in Estevan has been operating for five years, offering services for individuals experiencing substance use and behavioural addictions. Its approach includes therapy, healthy living supports, and opportunities for community engagement.

Kevin Smith, a long-time staff member at the centre, brings both personal and professional experience to the role. His involvement in recovery began 25 years ago.

Some softball success over the weekend for the Estevan 13A Bulldogs girls softball as they played two games in Whitewood against the Pipestone Valley Cats and Lumsden Cubs.  

Their first game against the Pipestone Valleycats had the Bulldogs claim a victory 11-0. Through the match, they held the Valleycats to zero hits, and 13 of the 18 outs were strikeouts.

Some new changes are coming from the provincial government as they're changing the markup structure for beer. They're hoping the changes will encourage small and medium-sized breweries to up production levels.

Markup is applied to products sold across the province, with differing levels for multinational corporations and smaller-scale beer producers.

Canada Day in Bienfait promises another jam-packed day of fun, food, music, and family-friendly activities — with a few exciting additions for 2024. Recreation Director Sarah Yoner joined SUN 102 to walk through the full lineup, from pancake breakfast to fireworks, and shared what makes this year extra special.

“We want anybody and everybody — from a 90-year-old fiddle player to a 12-year-old comedian — to get up on stage and share their talent.” — Sarah Yoner

Check out the full interview below.

Canada's premiers are heading into to a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saskatoon Monday armed with their wish lists for major "nation-building" projects that could buttress the economy in the face of a U.S. trade war.

Carney asked the premiers to each pass on five suggestions for national infrastructure projects, and Monday's meeting will aim to identify the ones that will make the final cut to be fast tracked using legislation Ottawa may introduce as early as this week.

Canada Post has rejected a request from the union representing about 55,000 of its workers to send their ongoing labour dispute to binding arbitration.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers made the request in a statement Saturday, saying it was inviting Canada Post to a fair, final and binding arbitration process to resolve negotiations that have dragged on for months without producing a new collective agreement. 

After a smoky weekend, the southeast is being greeted by showers to start off this week, beginning with a system today. Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins takes a look at the system bringing a bit more moisture.

As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre argues the government's plan to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn't go far enough, some Indigenous leaders are accusing Ottawa of not giving them enough time to weigh in.

The government is developing a bill to fast-track what it calls nation-building projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under the Impact Assessment Act, also known as C-69.

While the federal government and cities across Canada are making strides on expanding the housing supply, the provinces still need to get serious about building quality homes, a new report released Thursday argues.

No province earned a grade higher than C+ in the report assembled by the Task Force for Housing and Climate, a non-governmental body that was struck in 2023 with backing from the philanthropic Clean Economy Fund.

The task force's "report card" evaluated governments based on their policies for building homes quickly and sustainably.

The Regional Park Pass Lending Program will return to the Estevan Public Library from June 16 to September 15. This summer, 20 passes will be available locally, offering free access to nearly 100 regional parks across Saskatchewan.

“You can have it for a week,” said Jason Redshaw, manager of the Estevan Public Library. “But the bulk of them, people will pick up in the morning and normally return later on in the day just to get down to Woodlawn Park.”