Estevan

Prime Minister Mark Carney is giving his cabinet a major shakeup, moving several key players involved in Canada-U.S. relations into new positions and promoting 24 new faces to the front bench.

Carney's cabinet — 28 full ministers and 10 secretaries of state — retains prominent figures from former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government, including Dominic LeBlanc, Mélanie Joly, Chrystia Freeland and François-Philippe Champagne.

Mary Lou Audet
1935 - 2024

It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye and celebrate the wonderful life of our beloved wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandma and great grandma Mary Lou Audet. Mary Lou passed away with her family by her side, at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home in Estevan, Sask. on November 23, 2024, at the age of 88, seventeen days before her 89th birthday.

An Estevan organization will look to make a seasonal attraction a permanent fixture of a local park, and is looking for support from the City of Estevan to do it. The Estevan Lions Club has, after gathering a good amount of money on their own, asked the City of Estevan to pitch in money to make the rink boards at Rusty Duce Park a permanent feature.

The new, permanent rink will be the same size as the old replaceable one, with the new rink being installed by Athletic Sport Systems.

Estevan police responded to 38 calls for service over the weekend, in addition to the previously reported murder investigation.

On May 9, police received a complaint about several youth causing issues in the parking lot of a local business. Officers attended and spoke to all the youth present, who were warned about their actions.

Travel to the United States took another hit in April with booking agents saying an "elbows up" attitude over the trade war has Canadians pulling back. 

Canadian residents returning by automobile from the U.S. in April fell on a year-over-year basis for the fourth consecutive month, preliminary numbers released by Statistics Canada showed Monday. The 1.2 million trips represented a 35.2 per cent drop from the same month in 2024 and 45.1 per cent lower than April 2019, before the pandemic.

While the recent federal election turned into a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives that left other parties trailing far behind, a new poll suggests most Canadians don't want the country end up with a two-party system.

The poll of over 1,600 Canadians, conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies between May 1 and 3, suggests only 21 per cent of Canadians think the country would be better off with a system where two parties dominate the political landscape.

The southeast is seeing storms slide into the area, with a week full of bad weather hitting the area. That begins tonight with a thunderstorm that begins in the late hours, which could bring a decent bit of moisture.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Justin Shelley says that the first bit of what we're seeing should be the heaviest.

The Saskatchewan RCMP wants to keep people aware of dangers on the road as the summer season is starting up, and Canada Road Safety Week begins.

Recently, the southeast saw a few road incidents, including a pair of fatal crashes, with the RCMP hoping to give tips on how to prevent similar road incidents.

Corporal Andrew Knowles, the Traffic Services Team Leader in Estevan, talks about the purpose of Canada Road Safety Week.

Economic Development Week, which kicked off yesterday, is an opportunity to highlight the work of economic development professionals and organizations who help grow local economies and improve the quality of life for citizens. 

Becca Foord, economic development officer for the City of Estevan, said there are several development projects in the works, but legal constraints currently prevent the city from discussing them publicly. 

The Caryle RCMP is hoping for a bit of help from the public in identifying a person of interest in a recent break and enter case.

Early in the morning of May 9, three businesses were broken into, with a few hundred dollars in cash stolen in Carlyle. RCMP also believe that the suspect stole a hamster that belonged to one of the business owners.