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The beautiful fall colours
It’s time to talk. Group of Estevan organizations marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. PAGE A3
Welcome back. Former EPS officer decides to rejoin the service. PAGE A5
Fall has arrived in southeast Saskatchewan, creating some beautiful scenery for Estevan-area residents. Leaves on the trees have changed to different colours. A pathway in west Estevan has some particularly impressive fall colours. With warm temperatures in Estevan last week, many people have been out enjoying the seasonal beauty. Photo by David Willberg
Estevan Market Mall continues to make progress with its development plans By Ana Bykhovskaia
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The Estevan Market Mall continues to make progress with their renovations and development plans. Martin Blair, managing director of First Aberdeen Properties Ltd., which owns the mall, recently invited Estevan city council for a tour to talk about what’s been done, what’s happening now, what can be achieved in the future and how it can affect and benefit the city and the community. The tour started on the south side of the mall – the area which has been actively developing since the change of ownership. Since there is a multi-residential area on the south side of the mall, the new owners wanted to ensure that people would have easy walking access to the facility, so they started turning it into a 360-degree building. “I think we’re going in the right direction,” Blair told councillors during the tour. He noted that the entire site has become very important for them, and they see a
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lot of development and growth opportunities in Estevan. Since possession, the owners installed a new underground storm system and have done many other structural changes to help with any further progress on the property. Last year they built a concrete parking lot on the south side and started other improvements such as a free bicycle repair station, pathways and some beautification. “We want to get people coming back and forth and engaging the mall as really part of the community. So that’s what really drove that [south side development] … We put the sidewalk program in to help encourage things, but we do need the city to do a little bit of a curb ramp there at some point,” Blair said. Tesla installed their charging station this year on the south side, which has a capacity for other electric vehicles charging. The mall has already noticed people using it, which Blair believes will be beneficial for them and the community alike. “This is a level 1 charge sta-
Participating in the mall tour were, back row, from left, Councillor Lindsay Clark, sales associate with ICR Dawson MacAuley, mall maintenance supervisor John Bland, Councillor Tony Sernick, city manager Jeff Ward and Martin Blair, managing director of First Aberdeen properties Ltd., which owns the mall. Front row, Councillor Kirsten Walliser and mall manager Arlene Stebeleski. Photos by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia tion. That’s the level you can get right now in Canada. So for your Tesla, it’s about 15 to 20 minutes for a full charge,” Blair said, adding that there were already people out of the
community using the charging station on their way from B.C. to Quebec. Once Tesla installs a charging station, it appears on its system, and all drivers know
that it’s there. Having it by the mall gives drivers and passengers something to do while their electric vehicle is charging, which also stimulates the local economy. A2 » ESTEVAN
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