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The focus on road safety, especially the elimination of impaired drivers, took a major step forward on Wednesday morning when Estevan welcomed the Report Impaired Drivers (RID) program.

Calder Neufeld scored twice, including the first regular season goal in Spectra Place, to lead the Estevan Bruins to an 8-4 victory over the Melville Millionaires in their season opener Saturday night.

The venue and date had to be changed due to this spring and summer's floods, but the Collage multi-cultural festival still managed to get off the ground.

It could be a softer, more gentle National Hockey League when the 2011-12 season gets down to business in early October.

After a hard-fought first half, the A.E. Peacock Tornadoes pulled away in the second en route to a 26-3 victory over the ECS Elecs Friday in the Elecs' home opener.

The Estevan Bruins will play the first regular season game in Spectra Place on Saturday night. Before that happens, though, they need to cut at least two players from a roster that included 27 as of Monday.

Over the past three years as editor of Pipeline News, Saskatchewan's petroleum monthly, combined with my previous work as a pipeliner, I have had an opportunity to visit almost every area of the Saskatchewan oilpatch.

The Riders bagged the swag. One week after upsetting the Winnipeg Blue Bombers by 20 points in the Labour Day Classic, Saskatchewan went into Swaggerville and destroyed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 43-25 on Sunday to complete a home-and-home sweep.

It was interesting to see a recent story about the recent Cairns Group ministerial meeting in Saskatoon. It marked the first time group members discussed ways scientific innovations and rules-based trade may help meet global food security objectives.

I've been a member of Facebook for years now (I'm old, remember?) and have gone through periods of addiction and obsession (usually during finals and midterms).