Estevan Mercury

The art gallery will be a busy and bustling centre for the arts in 2014. Director Amber Andersen, new curator Alli King and educator Karly Garnier are all getting excited for what the year holds.

Under some unusual circumstances, the judge presiding over Estevan provincial court matters on Monday, agreed to spare a young man a criminal record after he pleaded guilty to possessing an explosive device.

The trustees representing the South East Cornerstone Public School Division had an opportunity to discuss and debate the topic of what their division's upper level administration structure will be once proposed changes are made.

Just as the City of Estevan was announcing Amber Smale was its new city manager, it was learned that her predecessor had found new employment.

The City of Estevan has turned to a long-time employee of the City of Regina to fill its top administrative position. Amber Smale was announced as the new city manager at Monday's regular meeting of council.

A couple of altercations that turned out to be relatively minor in nature were the subject of police attention on the night of Jan. 16.

A late goal from Ty McLean vaulted the Weyburn Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins on Friday, but that wasn't the only thing the home side was upset about after the final buzzer.

The Estevan TS&M Bruins faced a pair of tough opponents on the weekend, and the results were not there for the bantam AA club. The Bruins lost 5-2 to the Regina Pat Blues on Saturday and took an 11-3 licking from the Sask. Valley Vipers on Sunday.

The Estevan Comprehensive School senior boys basketball team posted a 2-1 record at a tournament in Swift Current on the weekend.

It may look like they had an easy run to the provincial Tankard, but Brent Gedak and his teammates had to work for it.