Hello Energy City readers.
My name is Jaime Polmateer and as the newest reporter in town I’d like to take a moment and introduce myself.
I recently moved here from Lloydminster where I wrote for the Source and covered beats like education, healthcare, culture, provincial and federal politics as well as anything else my editor threw on my desk.
I’ll be doing the same thing here in Estevan and I look forward to getting to know your city and sharing your stories.
As for my personal background—I was born in Mississauga, Ontario and raised in the small town of Englehart (seriously, population 1,500) then spent the majority of my young adult life running a chop saw in a factory.
My hunger for adventure and love for writing and journalism eventually took over, so I signed up for Sheridan College’s print journalism program and hit the road.
After graduating it was clear the journalism market in Ontario was at capacity and if I wanted a job I’d have to look out of province.
That’s how I landed in Lloydminster and it was a long bus ride needless to say.
After two and a half years in good old Lloyd the struggling economy eventually caught up with the paper and a bunch of us were let go.
It was a sad day, but nobody was confused about the decision; the times are what they are.
During the couple of months on my unemployment vacation I frantically searched the job board and applied to every place with access to a printing press.
Mr. David Wilberg finally answered my cry for work so I packed up my car and hit the road once again.
It was an exhausting drive with at least one wrong turn, a speeding ticket and a panicky “low fuel” situation where open gas stations were sparse.
I made it though, safe and sound, and now I’m here to do my best at informing the residents of Estevan with some of that great community news!
