Estevan

Patricia Jane Staples (née Doty)
1944 - 2025
With broken hearts our family announces the passing of Patricia Staples, a loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend, on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at Gainsborough Health Centre, Gainsborough, SK at the age of 80 years.

Mary Cecille Luyten
1930 – 2025

It is with profound sadness that the family of Mary Luyten announces her peaceful passing at the Redvers Centennial Haven, Redvers, Sask. on May 17, 2025, aged 94.

An Estevan initiative aimed at improving community wellness continues to gain momentum, with its monthly board game night drawing an increasingly diverse and growing crowd.

What started as a small gathering at Michaels nearly a year ago has evolved into a popular monthly event designed to bring people together.

Farmers have been experiencing rain delays as they work to complete their seeding operations.

Oilseed Specialist Sonia Wilson reports that recent rain events in Manitoba over the past eight days have brought much-needed precipitation to many areas. However, she remains hopeful that producers will soon be able to return to the fields.

Canada Post has issued a new set of offers to the union representing postal workers as the clock ticks down to a possible strike.

The Crown corporation confirmed Wednesday it has filed a new set of proposals for workers in the urban bargaining unit and the rural and suburban units.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said its negotiating team was set to examine the proposals this afternoon.

The new offers come days after the union issued a strike notice that could see postal workers back on the picket line on Friday.

Grow Hope Saskatchewan is launching its eigth season with a new national partner - Canadian Lutheran World Relief.

The Canadian Foodgrains Bank's 'Grow Hope Saskatchewan' project connects farmers who donate land with donors who help to cover input costs.

The project started in 2017 as a way to get more people involved in the effort to help end global hunger, originally a collaboration between the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Mennonite Central Committee Saskatchewan, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon.

With so much rain coming down very quickly in the southeast, homeowners should be prepared for any flooding, which could wreck their homes during the rainy season. So far, Estevan has received more than its monthly average of rain in around 48 hours, so any further moisture could have a big impact.

City of Estevan EMO Coordinator Helen Fornwald talks about some of the ways homeowners can keep their properties safe.

The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) is announcing some key moves within the organization.

Jennifer Babcock has been promoted to the Chief Government and International Affairs Officer.

She has a proven track record of advocacy successes.

Babcock will lead CCA’s initiatives to promote and protect the interests of Canada’s beef cattle industry domestically and internationally.

In a recent CCA Action News Blog, Babcock says she looks forward to her new and expanded leadership role on CCA’s advocacy efforts.

A U.S. company develops a trait that it says provides genetic resistance to sclerotinia, which can be challenging for growers.

A San Diego company is closer to commercializing a trait that could protect canola from sclerotinia.

In April, Cibus announced that two of its disease resistance traits for canola have been designated as “not regulated” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“We are encouraged by USDA-APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) broad designation for these traits being developed,” said Cibus co-founder Peter Beetham.

Manitoba's latest potato report shows planting in the province is now estimated to be 95 per cent complete. 

Planting has been going very smoothly, with most farms now finished.

Potato and Horticulture Crops Pathologist Vikram Bisht says with planting nearly over, it's now time to take care of cull piles in and around fields and farmyards, as cull piles can be a source of disease inoculum and may harbour Colorado potato beetles and aphids.