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Fire in apartment complex claims life By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca
Estevan fire crews responded to a call of heavy smoke inside a three-story apartment complex in the early morning of Dec. 10. The Estevan Fire Rescue Service reported Michael Muir, 40, was found unresponsive and in full cardiac arrest. Estevan Fire Chief Shane Code said as soon as the fire service’s search team accessed his suite, Muir was found immediately and was
extracted from the unit. Paramedics and members of the fire service attempted life saving measures in the front yard of the complex before he was sent by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. When fire crews arrived at the scene on Perkins Street just prior to 2 a.m., most residents of the building were outside. With the assistance of the Estevan Police Service, crews went door to door ensuring a complete evacuation of the building, making forcible access when there was no answer.
Code said while they haven’t determined the cause, it appeared the fire originated in the kitchen and was extremely hot. “There were high enough heat conditions that products were melting in bedrooms well removed from the heat source, which originated in the kitchen,” said Code. After its investigation with the Office of the Fire Marshall into the origins of the fire, it was deemed accidental. It was determined the incident was the result of an unattended cooking fire that spread throughout the kitchen creating a substantial volume of smoke and hot gases.→A2 Kitchen
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Liam Knowles was beside himself with happiness as he got to chat with Santa at the Estevan Shoppers Mall on Saturday during the Lunch with Santa promotion. Photo by Norm Park.
Holiday Train to arrive in Estevan today The Canadian Pacific (CP) Holiday Train will be making its annual stop in Estevan this afternoon at three o’clock. The musical performance this year will feature Kira Isabella, and the Estevan Salvation Army will be on hand with its Christmas Kettle accepting donations as well as non-perishable food items. This is the 16th year of the program that raises money, food and awareness for food banks and hunger issues across Canada and the
United States. Since its launch in 1999, the Holiday Train program has raised close to $9.5 million and 3.3 million pounds of food for North American food banks. The U.S. Holiday Train has been travelling across the U.S. Northeast and Midwest before its final show this evening in Weyburn. Each Holiday Train is about 1,000 feet in length with 14 rail cars decorated with hundreds of thousands of technology-leading LED lights
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and a modified boxcar that has been turned into a traveling stage for performers. Since 1999, the Holiday Trains have covered approximately 100,000 miles, and entertained hundreds of thousands of supporters. In 2012, more than 20,000 candy canes were handed out to the kids at Holiday Train events. In the 16 years of the Holiday Train program, it is estimated that more than a quarter of a million candy canes have been given out to children as treats.
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The team behind the Aquistore project, have become accustomed to waiting. The carbon capture demonstration project has been in the works since the carbon capture unit was officially planned. That $1.4 billion project saw the fruits of its labours harvested as farmers across the southeast were taking out the 2014 crop from the fields at the start of October. Still, the team behind the $26.5 million project waited. Hopeful they would receive liquefied carbon dioxide from Boundary Dam Power Station by the end of the year, Kyle Worth, Aquistore project manager, said they are now expecting to receive CO2 sometime in the spring. While they wait, Cenovus Energy is accepting all of the CO2 captured by Boundary Dam’s retrofitted Unit 3 power terminal via a pipeline to their enhanced oil recovery fields around Midale. The Petroleum Technology and Research Centre, which operates Aquistore, held an open house at the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute in Estevan last Thursday, →A4 Project
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