Estevan Mercury

When No. 23 scored 23 seconds in, it sent a message that this game would not be like the one two days earlier.

The public section of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) is also upset with the provincial government's sudden announcement regarding an increase in funding for private schools to 50 per cent and associate schools to 80 per cent.

Small-market sports are continuing to grow in Estevan, and the turnout at last week's water polo camp was an indication that it has a future in the Energy City.

A pre-Christmas traffic blitz proved to be a success for police agencies across Saskatchewan and here in Estevan. Twenty-five people were charged with impaired driving during a province-wide traffic blitz in mid-December.

After climbing close to the 13,000 mark in 2010, Estevan's population dipped slightly in 2011, according to provincial government numbers. The covered population statistics were released in late December by the Ministry of Health.

The Trent's Tire Curling team based out of Estevan competed in the Regina Youth Bonspiel Dec. 27-30. The rink includes skip Colby Fessler, third Karlee Fessler, second Layne Hawrylak and lead Taylor Marcotte.

They've done it again ... and the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) is not pleased.

There is really no getting around the fact that 2011 was not a great year in the long and and storied history of Saskatchewan's New Democratic Party.

The holiday season attracts various forms of celebrations and the Estevan Police Service members had their fair share of the results of some of these events as they ended up handling a number of alcohol-related and theft incidents between Dec.