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The Taste of Summer Charity BBQ is back for its fourth of five weeks, and this time Golden West Broadcasting is raising money for Limitless Disability Advocacy Services.

Limitless was founded in 2019 to help offer programming for kids with disabilities. One of the things the non-profit now has expanded to is offering seats in an Affinity Place box for Estevan Bruins games.

Saskatoon's Harreson James Band and opening act Long Live the Glory (including Estevan's Jesse Gibson) played to a lively crowd at Saturday night's Street Dance.

The concert was put on by the Estevan Downtown Business Association on the 1100 block of 4th Street and Tower Cafe parking lot.

Our third Taste of Summer Charity BBQ is set for lunch Tuesday, with all money raised this time going to the Estevan Early Years Family Resource Centre.

The lunch will be held outside at Global Golf Plus at the Estevan Market Mall from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Firefighters attending a building for a medical call discovered smoke and were quickly able to jump into action early Sunday morning.

The City of Winnipeg says in a release that at 2:57 a.m. the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a medical incident in a high-rise apartment in the 0-100 block of Hargrave Street.

Responding crews noticed smoke in the building and notified the 9-1-1 Communications Centre, which dispatched additional crews. Firefighters declared a working fire at the scene.

Over the last few weeks, farmers have been busy with spraying operations whether it's for weeds, insects, or disease.

Dr. Tom Wolf, known to many as the nozzle guy, says the most important thing is always to get the product on target:

Suspicious behaviour, impaired driving, and fights were among the weekend’s activity reported by the Estevan Police Service. 

Here is the EPS’ full report of Saturday calls:

Police received a report of a fight on a parking lot in the city core.  Upon attending to the area, no one was located.

A call from a confused individual was also received.  Police and EMS personnel attended and upon locating her, she was transported to hospital for further examination.

A large thunderstorm that moved through southeastern Manitoba on Thursday afternoon spawned funnel clouds.

Tornado warnings were issued for areas southeast of Winnipeg on Thursday, including Niverville and Steinbach. 

Funnel clouds were spotted Thursday afternoon in the Kleefeld area. So far, there have been no reports of the funnel clouds actually touching down or causing any damage.

Everyone in a Winnipeg home is safe after a fire on Wednesday afternoon that firefighters say was started by a cigarette butt.

At 1:34 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to reports of a fire in a bungalow in the 100 block of Ridley Street.

At the scene, crews saw heavy flames and smoke coming from the house. Firefighters attacked the fire from the outside until it was safe to enter and continue fighting the fire inside the house. Crews declared the fire under control at 2:05 p.m.

A 33-year-old man is dead after he began to struggle while swimming in a lake on Sunday evening.

The Manitoba RCMP says the South Indian Lake detachment received a report of a possible drowning at South Indian Lake at 7:15 p.m.

According to the RCMP, an adult male had been swimming when he began to struggle and go below the water.

The 2023 Saskatchewan Festival of Words is set to be bigger, more interactive and more inclusive than ever before.

Among the headline authors at the July 13th to 16th event in Moose Jaw will be Bob McDonald, the longtime presenter of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks who’ll be reading from his latest book The Future is Now on the mornings of the 14th and 15th.