Estevan Mercury

Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says the death of a person in the north region due to COVID-19 is a reminder that COVID-19 will be around in the province for a long time.

The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division has had a high uptake of families getting optional supplemental learning at home since in-class learning was suspended in March.

Saskatchewan has recorded its seventh death from the COVID-19 virus. The Ministry of Health announced Wednesday that an individual in their 60s from the north region has died.

The Oxbow Prairie Horizons School is one of 10 schools from across Saskatchewan to receive a $10,000 grant to support student nutrition through the Mosaic Extreme School Makeover Challenge.

Five friends – Iris Curriel, her husband Dave Finkas, Pat Rae, Bonny Curzon and Cheryl Anseth – enjoyed running together for years. Curriel became sick last November and died in January from very aggressive lung cancer.

It’s been a year unlike any other for the Mary’s Little Lambs preschool in Estevan, but the children, their families and teacher Patty Ksenych have handled the adversity as well as could be expected.

Carrying and then having a baby is the period in life filled with changes of all types, but giving birth to a baby in the times of global pandemic might take this experience to a whole new level.

An Estevan law firm has taken a step forward with the addition of a new partner. Kathryn Gilliss is now a partner at the Trobert Gilliss law firm, the latest step forward for her in her career.

Phase two of the Government of Saskatchewan’s reopening strategy is now in effect.