Estevan Mercury

Destination North Pole. It sounds impressive and inspiring. And that's how Gary Wietgrefe named his book, which he wrote after covering 5,000 kilometres by bicycle, travelling from Pierre, S.D., to the North Pole.

A life-long resident of Estevan is gunning for the mayor’s office in his first time running for Estevan city council. Ray Walton filed his nomination papers for mayor last Wednesday, opposing two-term incumbent Roy Ludwig, who had already filed.

A new campaign aims to promote all that Estevan’s businesses have to offer for both residents and visitors alike.

The Envision Counselling and Support Centre wants to help bridge the distance between people, through expanded services to provide more interaction for those who need it.

The Estevan RCMP is investigating a vandalism incident that occurred at the Chow Practice Field near Woodlawn Regional Park.

Students from Pleasantdale School were busy collecting cans and bottles in September 2002 and taking them to school. The cans and bottles were taken to SARCAN and the money raised was donated to the Terry Fox Run.

There are 10 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Sept. 22, bringing the total to 1,824 reported cases. One of the new cases is located in the Far North East, six are in Saskatoon, one in Central West and two in Regina.

Shanelle Rioux, the head coach for the Estevan Kinette Club U18 Viragos female football club, was pleased with the club’s effort in their first game, but she recognizes they have a lot of improvements to be made.

Drewitz School of Dance started their new year in August after a long and precise process of communicating and arranging everything so that students could proceed with classes safely.

It's been over a month since Estevan started receiving raw water from Rafferty Dam instead of Boundary.