The problem for Manitoba potato growers this year — what to do with their mountain of spuds? The Winnipeg Press has the story on a second-year-in-a-row of bumper potato harvest.
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The City of Estevan’s City Council is going on the record formally with a letter addressed to provincial and party leaders that outlines disappointment in environmental policies including a carbon tax that put the areas coal-fired power stations directly in the crosshairs. Estevan is home to two power generating stations, one of which — the
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Canadian artists Belle Plaine and Blake Berglund cover Alan Jackson’s Mercury Blues. Watch it below.
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The City of Estevan remains an active supporter of the arts and the artist-in-residence program is a prime example. And for their most recent artist, the experience led to an opportunity that allowed her to stay in Saskatchewan. Read more at the Estevan Mercury.
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The province of Manitoba will be making a big upgrade to its highway infrastructure. Over the next four years, the province has committed approximately $2 billion to improving roads throughout Manitoba.
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The Assiniboine River Basin Initiative held their annual meeting in Minot last week. The following article comes from a Canadian media source about the efforts on both sides of the border to make the basin more resilient to flooding.
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Each October and November, polar bears gather in the hundreds near Churchill Manitoba to await the winter formation of ice that allows them to head back to hunting grounds. And for one resident who breeds sled dogs outside of town, that season has led to an unusual relationship between the dogs and the bears. Just
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In Canada, there is now a national study that backs what the anecdotal evidence has been suggesting for years — opioid addiction and abuse are on the rise. Alexandra Paul with the Winnipeg Free Press digs into the story to deliver a Manitoba perspective. It is a problem that does not respect international borders, here
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The City of Winnipeg is going through the process of reviewing its form of government and the manner in which it wants its elected officials to operate. They’ve identified problems, they are setting goals, and they’re going to take the next four months to work through ideas to see if they deliver outcomes. It’s a
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Rafferty Reservoir is set to become the primary water source for the City of Estevan as a result of two water infrastructure projects that found both provincial and federal funding. They include construction of a residuals management facility to treat wastewater created in the water treatment process and a new water intake pipeline for the City in
Read & Share sourced from: Estevan MercuryThe planned Sandpiper Pipeline was proposed to run from North Dakota East through Minnesota and Wisconsin. It has been put on the shelf due to decreased demand and permitting difficulty through Minnesota, a situation that drove Enbridge to losses of more than $400 million in third quarter filings.
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One of Canada’s most famous bands will be stopping in to play a show in Estevan this January. Blue Rodeo has been touring for more than 30 years and sold over four million albums. Have a listen below before buying tickets.
Read & Share sourced from: Estevan MercuryFollowing a significant rain event in the upper portion of the Souris River basin on Sunday, the City of Minot issued the following news release to address concerns about a repeat of the 2011 flood. In short, the circumstances Sunday’s rain event are significantly different than 2011 and there is no threat of flooding in
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A new discovery has revealed that the Vikings may have travelled hundreds of miles further into North America than previously thought. And the manner in which the discovery was made may surprise you.
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If you don’t have bobsleds and mountain tracks, perhaps a canoe and a frozen field will do.
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A new carbon capture research center near Regina hopes to capitalize on being close to Estevan’s Shand Power Station. Located a few miles from Boundary Reservoir, the coal-fired Shand Power Plant is testing one of the world’s first commercial size carbon capture units.
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