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Estevan Mercury

Did Energy Expo get the job done?

We know that Estevan's business community and Chamber of Commerce executive and administration will be conducting their own debriefing and dissecting of last week's Energy Expo so there is no major need for a lot of sideline critiques.

Mock accident helps SADD deliver message in Estevan

A mock accident demonstration by the Estevan Comprehensive School's SADD (students against drunk driving) chapter served as an excellent training exercise for Estevan emergency response teams around noon on June 5.
Big Dogs lose to Bulldogs, tie Riot

Big Dogs lose to Bulldogs, tie Riot

With a couple of weaker opponents coming to town, the Estevan Tarpon Energy Big Dogs were hoping to pick up a couple of wins on the weekend. What they got, however, was a loss and a tie.
Estevan Relay for Life back on growth road

Estevan Relay for Life back on growth road

The event has seen over $1.1 million raised in nine years to fight cancer and the Estevan Relay for Life found new life and new energy with its 2014 version.
Estevan one of about 100 Sask. municipalities dealing with high THM levels in water

Estevan one of about 100 Sask. municipalities dealing with high THM levels in water

Despite Estevan's ability to lower its higher than normal trihalomethane (THM) levels in the city's water, the bigger problem has reared its head as municipalities across Saskatchewan try to manage THMs in their own surface water supplies.

Mayor hoping conference will aid city in grant requests

For local officials, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) conference was a chance to network and get up to speed on the potential for federal infrastructure grants.
Message to Estevan students is one of personal discovery

Message to Estevan students is one of personal discovery

As students get closer to closing the books on the 2013-14 school year, the Estevan Comprehensive School took time to recognize brilliance among the student body at the annual awards night.

Two ideas from this corner

Here are a couple of suggestions I believe should get traction in the Energy City, but of course, they probably won't because most of my concepts don't bear up under scrutiny. But these are not my thoughts, dear diary.
Cornerstone finds itself at odds with provincial auditor

Cornerstone finds itself at odds with provincial auditor

When the South East Cornerstone Public School Division refused to comply with a request from the acting provincial auditor to provide access to student files earlier this year, it eventually led to an exchange of words and memos that has placed the t

Get to know where the money goes

All donors are to be celebrated for their generosity and at the same time, we expect that all of them, especially those who are forking out thousands of dollars, are keeping track of administrative and implementation costs associated with their favou