Estevan Mercury

The raindrops were falling on my windshield as I was driving through endless Manitoba fields coming back into Saskatchewan.

At some point in the next three weeks, the writ will be dropped and a provincial election will be called for Saskatchewan.

The Rafferty Marina, an attraction that sees thousands of Canadian and American anglers and tourists every year, had probably even more traffic this summer.

Roy Ludwig wants one more term as Estevan’s mayor. Ludwig submitted his nomination papers on Aug. 31, the day after the forms were first available. He was elected mayor for the first time in 2012 and was re-elected in 2016.

The Estevan RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance with the theft of a generator. According to a post from the Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network, a Honda EB 10,000-watt generator was taken from a rural location in the RM of Benson.

As Saskatchewan students go back to school on Sept. 8, there’s a stark contrast in the number of COVID-19 cases in this province compared to our neighbours to the south. On Sept.

There are seven new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Sept. 8, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total to 1,669 reported cases. Three of the new cases are in the Regina area.

In 1994 kids went back to school in late August. Many mothers escorted their children to the classrooms in the morning.

It hasn’t been easy, but Prairie Hotshot has had a pretty good three years in business. The company opened in August 2017 and recently celebrated its three-year anniversary.

One of Estevan’s longest-standing and most iconic businesses is looking forward to opening once again. The Orpheum Theatre has been closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.