Estevan Mercury

Members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) and Estevan Emergency Medical Services responded to the report of a vehicle-pedestrian collision in north central Estevan Thursday.

Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for southeast Saskatchewan, including the Estevan and Carlyle regions. According to the advisory, issued at 4:36 a.m. Friday, a major winter storm is to impact southern Saskatchewan this weekend.

The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) is calling for immediate action to increase COVID-19 testing capacity and reduce class sizes to slow the spread of the pandemic, due to “the alarming increase in COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan in the past wee

There are 129 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Nov. 5, bringing the provincial total to date to 3,536 cases. The total is a single-day record for the province. There is just one new case from the southeast region.

Carlyle RCMP is investigating a theft incident. On Oct. 30, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. oil was stolen from an oil site just south of Redvers. Sixty to barrels of oil were stolen from site worth approximately $2,300.

TeleMiracle announced the details of how TeleMiracle 45 will be presented during a pandemic. The charity confirmed this annual Saskatchewan tradition will carry on with a 20-hour telethon on Feb. 27-28, 2021, from Prairieland Park in Saskatoon.

A member of the Estevan Police Service has been recognized for apprehending impaired drivers in 2019. Const.

Cheers: Cheers to Redhead Equipment for providing a huge tractor and an operator to pull the docks out of the mud at Rafferty Marina. The docks were stuck big-time.

The Hillcrest Breakfast Club has had to reinvent the way in which it serves students, but it has found a way to continue meeting young people’s nutritional needs.

Music might not be the most obvious, but it’s definitely one of the very important parts of the military. Ahead of Remembrance Day, Cadet Instructor Cadre (CIC) Officer and Saskatchewan Pipe Band Association board member Capt.