Estevan Mercury

The Estevan Police Service (EPS) experienced a slight increase in calls for service last month. Numbers were discussed during the last Estevan Board of Police Commissioners meeting on June 10.

I don’t have kids. I hardly even know anybody in Estevan who is graduating this year. And I don’t have any personal connection to the graduating class.

The Arcola Health Centre’s emergency room reopened again Tuesday morning, more than a month after it was closed by the Saskatchewan Health Authority as part of the provincial response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The provincial government released its budget on Monday, and included in the document is spending for several local projects.

For the second straight year, there won’t be an increase to the municipal share of property taxes in Estevan. Estevan city council gave second and third readings to the bylaw that fixes the rate of taxation Monday night.

Leader of the Official Opposition Ryan Meili said in a press conference Monday that Saskatchewan’s provincial budget “missed the mark.

The long-awaited final draft of the province’s budget has come. It may be a few months late, but for good reason. The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees in 2020.

The Government of Saskatchewan released their full budget on Monday which showed a $1.9 billion addition to the debt total that can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The province released their full budget on Monday which includes large investments for education and healthcare. The budget showed an investment of $749 million towards advanced education, $2.6 billion for the Ministry of Education and $5.

There are 18 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 15, bringing the provincial total to 683. Thirteen of the new cases are in the far north.