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Each year Statistics Canada compiles the Crime Severity Index.

Halloween took place several weeks ago and though I freely admit that it’s not one of my favourite nights of the year, I always make sure we have goodies to hand out and I wear a big smile along with my regular duds to welcome visitors.

Cheers to all those who participated in the Remembrance Day service organized by the Estevan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, and to those who went the extra mile in supporting veterans this year.

The people of Calgary have spoken. They don’t want the city to submit a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics. And as long as the International Olympic Committee continues with its practices, you have to wonder who would actually want to host the Games.

By Shelley Luedtke Brrring. Brrring. Brrring Bells began ringing again in September when schools opened for another year. Yet there were fewer bells this year than last, and I'm not talking about school closures.

By Ken Rolheiser We share a universal fear about our eternal salvation.

Corey Atkinson

Estevan city council meetings have been pretty consistent in their length in recent weeks. There was a 12-minute meeting on Oct. 1. The meeting on Oct. 22 was unusually long, at 22 minutes. And then the most recent meeting on Nov.

In 1984, the Irish Republican Army tried to kill then-British prime minister Margaret Thatcher with a bomb. They did not succeed, but they did send a message. “You have to be lucky all the time. We only have to be lucky once.

By Shelley Luedtke Last March the federal government tested new ad campaigns for Remembrance Day.