Estevan Mercury

Acute care and emergency room admissions have been temporarily suspended at the Galloway Health Centre in Oxbow. The suspension of services took effect on Thursday morning.

The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division has made a detailed plan to close off the current 2019-20 school year, since classes will not resume this spring, and to set tentative plans for the new school year in the fall.

Saskatchewan has three new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 630. Two of the new cases are in Saskatoon and one is in the Far North.

They were “thrown into the pandemic” environment along with all the others, but Trina Battersby, a parental supports and student services counsellor, told the South East Cornerstone Public School Division’s board members, “we got together quickly thr

The Estevan Farmers’ Market Association held its first market of the year Saturday at the Estevan Shoppers’ Mall’s parking lot. Numerous vendors were on hand, selling merchandise to the public. Customers turned out to see what was available.

The We Day Club from Spruce Ridge School has found a way to keep meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-six young people are part of the club this year. Members have been gathering online through Microsoft Teams each Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

Megan Anderson of Carlyle is working on a special charity project for the Saskatchewan Chapter of the Make a Wish Foundation. She was tagged by a friend on Facebook about an appeal for quilts that were especially needed by the Make a Wish Foundation.

It was one of the first questions asked of the South East Cornerstone Public School Division when the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of in school programming in mid-March, said Michael Graham, curriculum co-ordinator for the division.

RCMP officers in Saskatchewan continue to handle calls related to COVID-19.

Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre announced Friday morning the province’s new inactive well program, which will access $400 million over two years.