Estevan

Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) has issued a provincial fire ban for all Crown lands, provincial parks, provincial recreation sites, and the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District.  

The ban came into effect today and includes open fires, controlled burns, and fireworks are all included in the ban as well as all land within 4.5 km of provincial forest boundaries.  

Mabel Bouchard

1929-2024

Mabel passed away at the age of 94, at the St. Joseph’s Hospital on Monday, July 8, 2024.

Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church with Rev. Thuy Nguyen presiding.  Interment will follow at the Souris Valley Memorial Gardens. Please join the family for a time of lunch and fellowship at the Church Auditorium.

An Estevan city street will be slowing down drivers as crews are hard at work in the area.

Perkins Street's south side to 2nd Street will have reduced speeds to 30 km/h for construction.

The city advised the public to stay alert when passing by a construction zone to keep those workers safe.

Progress on the 4th Street Revitalization progress has the area blocked off up to the halfway point of the 1200 block.

Saskatchewan's New legislation around Animal Production Regulations consolidates four existing Acts related to animal production into one.

It also reduces ten sets of regulations into a single set, which reduces the red tape and simplifies the legislation. 

Agriculture Minister David Marit says these changes are a positive step toward modernizing and streamlining regulatory processes for  producers  

A man who admitted to killing four women in Winnipeg but claimed he was too mentally ill to be held responsible has been found guilty of first-degree murder.

Defence lawyers had argued Jeremy Skibicki was suffering from schizophrenia at the time of the slayings in 2022 and should be found not criminally responsible and detained in a hospital.

But Crown prosecutors said he had the mental capacity and awareness to commit and cover up the killings.

People in a packed courtroom cheered and clapped when the verdict came down Thursday. Skibicki showed little emotion.

It’s Operation Safe Driver Week July 7 through July 13, and you’ll see an increase in members of the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol, RCMP, and municipal police. 

The campaign is observed annually according to Mathew Austin, commercial vehicle enforcement specialist with the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol. “It’s coordinated by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA).” 

The Government of Saskatchewan held its first subsurface mineral public offering of the fiscal year on Monday, July 8, 2024, and generated $5,935,425.46 in revenue, driven by interest in lithium potential.

Of the 18 subsurface permits posted for this offering, 16 received acceptable bids covering a total of 39,650.88 hectares. The permits, which are prospective for lithium, are located mainly in southeast Saskatchewan.

First Nations chiefs have heard enough promises and "performative reconciliation," Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday, adding they deserve a partnership based on honest conversations.

It was the first time Poilievre was addressing the Assembly of First Nations, an organization representing more than 600 First Nations that had a tense relationship with the Conservatives when former prime minister Stephen Harper was in power.

Moosomin's Feed Mill is shutting down this fall, as laid out by Federated Co-op Limited.

The Midale Oilmen’s Association is gearing up for their 32nd Annual Golf Tournament at Mainprize Park, set to take place on July 19.

“We’ve had a good turnout in the past, and we’re hoping to fill all 144 slots for golfers this year,” said Russ Scharnatta with the Midale Oilmen’s Association. “It’s a two-man best ball tournament with a horse race at the end of the day for the top five teams. We have supper following the horse race final, and it’s all on one day, Friday. So you still have your weekend to do whatever needs to be done.”