Estevan Mercury

An upgrade to the Bienfait fire department's fleet is on the way. The Town purchased a new fire truck on May 2, and is now awaiting its arrival in the coming weeks.

A 30-hour fast gave local high school students an opportunity to raise some money for children in Third World countries.

He said Last week a student in a Nova Scotia was suspended because he wore a shirt that read, "A life is wasted without Jesus." This incident set off something of a firestorm across comment sections, inciting some hot feelings.

When I first started having babies (some 14 years ago), many people told me to savour the moments and to make sure I enjoyed my children when they were young. They told me that time flies by so quickly.

Mother's Day is coming up, and I now have a good reason to fret over it. It's something I've never done before. I'm not the kind of person who worries about these special days. Christmas never stresses me out.

The federal government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, is an increasing mystery in terms of how it deals with agriculture.

Update: The Mercury has learned that the dog service at North Portal has been restored. For more on this story please see Wednesday's edition of The Mercury.

A variety of nuisance issues as well as a number of more hard-pressing issues absorbed the time and attention of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) personnel this past week.

Two members of the Estevan Comprehensive School senior badminton team are headed to provincials. Carter Daoust and Harley Doerr posted a 3-0 record at the regional tournament held Saturday in Wilcox.

News and notes from the April 30 regular meeting of Estevan city council.