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The Estevan McDonalds had its best year ever when it comes to raising money for Ronald McDonald House in Saskatoon through McHappy Day. The annual nationwide event was held on May 8.

Crescent Point Energy Corp. continues to focus on balance sheet improvement through capital allocation, cost reductions and increased cash flow generation, executives with the company said May 9.

The potential of having nuclear power in the Estevan area was broached during the final day of the spring sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature. The idea was discussed during question period Thursday, and in a scrum with the media later in the day.

Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. (TEML), by way of the Richardson Foundation, made a donation of $60,000 to the Alida Rink Board. This donation went to refurbishing the Alida Rink that was devastated in a flood.

Drilling rig activity in Saskatchewan usually doesn’t pick up until June, and that’s definitely the case again this year, despite a relatively dry spring in the southeast. Sister publication Rig Locator (riglocator.

An equivalency agreement has been signed, and it extend the life of Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station beyond this year.

Bienfait, a coal-mining town east of Estevan, has seen more than its share of trouble and the Bienfait hotel stood in mute witness to it all. In 1904, the Canadian Pacific Railway opened Bienfait Mines Ltd. ten miles north of the U.S.

The Estevan Chamber of Commerce is calling for the provincial government to take action to aid with transitioning Estevan and area from conventional coal power electricity generation. And they’re asking the public to help out with sending a message.

As the weather keeps playing its tricks, farmers in the southeast use every opportunity to put the seed in the ground.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵeast College saluted student achievement at its Estevan campus during the annual industry education luncheon.