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Vertex Resource Group Ltd. announced on July 13 that it has acquired Three Star Trucking Ltd., an Alida-based trucking company providing fluid hauling service, pressure truck services, hot oilers and combo vac services throughout Western Canada.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have released a joint statement about their discussions at the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation.

It’s been more than a month since a powerful thunderstorm swept through Estevan and knocked Boundary Dam offline for several hours. While the other units at Boundary Dam are now operating again, Unit 3 is still offline.

The Estevan Downtown Business Association (DBA) hosted its annual Street Fair on Saturday, with attractions ranging from sidewalks sales, bouncy castles and this year’s newest addition – bumper cars.

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili agrees with SaskPower not pursing carbon capture and storage with Boundary Dam Units 4 and 5. He spoke to the Mercury about this on July 12.

Saskatchewan’s active rig count hit 58 on July 10, a bit better than the 51 it was at on July 12, 2017, but a massive improvement over the 15 working on July 12, 2016. Those numbers, according to sister publication Rig Locator (riglocator.

The carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station was available 39.8 per cent of the time in June, according to the monthly report posted by SaskPower on Wednesday.

Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station aren’t part of the provincial government’s long-term power production plans, and now there are questions regarding how much coal power will be part of power generation in the future.

SaskPower’s announcement on Monday to retire Units 4 and 5 at the Boundary Dam Power Station within the next few years, rather than to retrofit them with carbon capture and storage technology, has drawn a lot of reaction.

The new Woodlawn View subdivision south of Estevan is moving forward. A ground-breaking СÀ¶ÊÓƵ was held on Thursday morning at the site of the subdivision, which is located south of Estevan and overlooks the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club.