Estevan

The Eagle Sky Estevan Bruins have announced that Drew Kocur will be moving into the role of full-time head coach and general manager.

Kocur will be starting his third season with the team this year, after holding the position of assistant coach and interim head coach/GM since he first joined in 2023.

Bruins’ Club President, Riley Tetreault, said the organization “is thrilled to have Kocur at the helm as head coach and GM.”

Alberta

The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) is notifying irrigators that they are now accepting water orders.

For the 2025 irrigation season, water allocation will remain at 12 inches at the farm gate based on the recent Irrigation Water Supply Forecast from Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation.

Crews have started flushing lines and are charging the system for water startup, expected to be available across the entire district by May 5th to 9th.

Crime rates in rural communities are consistently higher than in urban centres, suggests new data presented in a Statistics Canada report -- a long-term trend one criminologist says is unsurprising.

The report, published Tuesday, found the rate of police-reported crime in rural Canadian communities was 34 per cent higher than the urban rate. That disparity was especially pronounced across the Prairies and in rural British Columbia.

In the last issue we discussed warm and cold clouds, and we learned that most of our local precipitation is produced in cold clouds, which means that most of it starts off as snow, even in the summer.

This week we are going to look at the different types of precipitation we experience and examine how each type forms.

Next on our list of precipitation types is sleet or ice pellets.

This form of precipitation is created when raindrops freeze in the air before they reach the ground.

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The federal election could change future policy that affects the southeast, even as most of the federal parties seem to be staying in the same place, with a minority Liberal government. For the City of Estevan, those changes could affect funding, regulations, and more.

Mayor Tony Sernick is a little disappointed that there's not a lot new following the election.

The U18 AA Brewers are getting ready to hit the field for their season opener this weekend, following a successful 2024 campaign that saw them win the Western Canada Championship.

Head coach Jeff Kuchinka said the team is bringing back a solid core of players from last year.

“We’ve got eight returning players, so we’ve got a good chunk of a team returning from last year’s championship team."

Charlie Mayer, a prominent figure in Canadian agriculture and politics, has passed away at the age of 89. Born in Saskatoon in 1936, Mayer attended the University of Saskatchewan before purchasing a farm in Manitoba in 1965. He grew grain, potatoes, and raised Simmental cattle, becoming active in the Manitoba Beef Growers Association. Mayer played a key role in opposing the introduction of supply management to the beef industry.

The RCMP are giving out some tips to keep grain safe following a theft that was reported in Saskatchewan earlier this spring.

On April 12, 2025, Coronach RCMP received a report of a theft at a rural property near Ogema. After an investigation, police found that 5,000 bushels of grain were stolen from bulk storage bins located on the property. The exact time and date of the incident are unknown, though likely between spring of 2024 and April 2025.

While the investigation continues, the RCMP is giving out tips to other producers on how to avoid grain theft in the future:

Congratulations to Southeast Eye Care, April’s Business of the Month!

To celebrate, the team enjoyed a well-deserved pizza party courtesy of Domino’s Pizza.

But the recognition extends beyond just one business. Thanks to the generous support of R&R Tank and Equipment Rentals and Border Insulators Inc., each Business of the Month win also includes a donation of Domino’s Pizza to a local non-profit organization.