But there are a lot of reasons for hope for our community. In case you haven’t noticed (which means you’ve likely been living under a rock), there’s a lot of new businesses that have opened in Estevan this year, especially in the last six months. It’s been a while since we’ve had so many brick and mortar businesses open within a short span like we’ve had in her in the past few months. These businesses aren’t going to offset the job losses associated with losing one unit at the Boundary Dam Power Station, let alone two. And they won’t offset the larger job losses we’re going to experience should the Shand Power Station and Unit 6 at Boundary Dam eventually have to retire by the end of this decade.