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The winner in Week 2 of the Estevan Mercury Publications #MercuryChristmas promotion is Dean Erickson. His wife Mariah Erickson was in the Mercury office on Friday morning to accept the prize package on his behalf.

SaskPower and Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited have signed an agreement to give Lehigh exclusive rights to market and distribute fly ash from Shand Power Station.

SaskPower has long said that the next generation of carbon capture on its coal-fired power plants would cost a lot less, and now we have a number – 67 per cent less, per tonne of CO2 captured.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has released its annual rental market survey, and it shows the number of rental units in Estevan is up this year, and the overall vacancy rate and average rental rate have declined.

A new study released Wednesday by the International CCS Knowledge Centre demonstrates significant cost reductions for carbon capture and storage (CCS).

With the drilling rig having reached 2,700 metres already out of a planned 3,500 metres, the first well in a geothermal electrical power project was well underway on Nov. 23.

SaskPower and Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited have signed an agreement to give Lehigh exclusive rights to market fly ash from Shand Power Station.

The Estevan Farmers' Market first of four Christmas markets has been happening Saturday at the Estevan Shoppers Mall. Vendors were spread throughout the mall's hallway, and had a variety of merchandise to select from.

The winner has been chosen for the first week of Estevan Mercury Publication’s #MercuryChristmas promotion.

Despite rock bottom heavy oil prices that are making headlines on the national stage, Canada’s active drilling rig count in mid-November is only slightly off its 2017 pace, and substantially better than 2016. According to Rig Locator (www.riglocator.