Estevan Mercury

There is going to be a slight delay in the official opening target date for the Boundary Dam clean coal project, although just how long it will be is not known exactly.

The process of developing a school calendar for the next academic year in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division is down to the small details now. Trustees attending the public school division's meeting on Feb.

The long wait is over for Windthorst native Lyndon Dayman.

With a 4-1 loss to the Battlefords North Stars on Friday, the odds of the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins catching the Humboldt Broncos for sixth place in the SJHL got slimmer.

Marc Casavant confirmed last week that his rather sudden letter of impending resignation had nothing to do with any existing situation or developments in the South East Cornerstone School Division, but rather, it was a family-based decision.

It has been said more than once, including in this space over the years, that government decisions influence agricultural commodity prices at least as much as weather patterns and crop yields.

We all enjoy the feeling of being in control, the feeling that whatever is happening to us or is going to happen to us will do so because of choices and actions that we make.

The Estevan RCMP detachment is looking to expand its community presence by taking advantage of a new pilot program in planting community constables into the service.

Thirty-eight years after he first put on the uniform, Chief Del Block is retiring from the Estevan Police Service.

The Estevan United Way campaign for 2013 got another $10,299 richer last week when corporate officers of Ensign Canada Drilling appeared with a big cheque in the amount of over $117,000 to be shared among various agencies.