Estevan Mercury

A 20-year-old man from Manor escaped with only minor injuries when the truck he was driving struck a moving train and caused a derailment east of Oxbow Sunday night. Carnduff RCMP received a report at 11 p.m.

There may be intelligent life out there on another planet. So the question is ... do we go looking for it? It could be embarrassing, you know.

Fifty-eight people denied entry at two border crosssings in December

The art gallery is housing a prehistoric exhibit that will take people back through millions of years of Saskatchewan's history. A skeletal cast of a mosasaur, about 32 feet in length, dominates Gallery 1 at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum.

The CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins kept pace in their hunt for a top-three spot in the Sherwood Conference on Friday, hammering the Kindersley Klippers 8-1 at Spectra Place.

It was a tale of two teams for the Estevan Apex Bruins on the weekend. The midget AA squad defeated the Notre Dame Argos 5-1 in a road game Friday, then lost 3-2 to the Weyburn Wings Saturday at Spectra Place.

A tanker truck carrying hydrochloric acid rolled north of Estevan Monday morning but fortunately none of the hazardous chemical spilled from the hauler.

The first steps towards what could be Saskatchewan's first international trade/transportation corridor were taken last week. A multi-stakeholder forum regarding the potential corridor was held Jan. 16 in Weyburn.

Estevan Police Service (EPS) members were dispatched to the 500 block of Third Street on Jan. 13 to assist emergency medical personnel with a medical emergency situation.