Estevan Mercury

Members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) made an impaired driving arrest on May 9. As a result of a traffic stop at Eighth Street and 13th Avenue, a 19-year-old man from Estevan was charged with operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drug.

The Estevan Eclipse Downhole Solutions U18 AAA Bears have announced the commitments of four more players for their inaugural season that is slated to begin this fall.

Antique automobiles were out and about in Estevan Saturday evening for a cruise night. It would be hard to tabulate how many vehicles were out and around the city for the cruise night, since there wasn’t a designated starting point.

The Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA) has released numbers for the first quarter of the year in the province, including the southeast.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many fundraisers to be cancelled or postponed, others have opted for the virtual route to ensure they’re able to support people in the community.

Saskatchewan has nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 553, the Ministry of Health announced Saturday. Five of the cases are in the far north, three are in the north and one is in the central region.

The provincial government is shedding some light on what’s allowed, and what isn’t, for Mother’s Day on Sunday.

April was a quiet month, mostly spent inside the lodge, listening to the news and trying to figure out what is happening in the world. Sadly, we had a few residents move out of the lodge in the past weeks.

It was the last 30 seconds or so of Premier Scott Moe’s daily COVID-19 when something peculiar happened. He spoke to the current restrictions that will possibly leave us at a distance from our mothers as their day approaches.

Update: Estevan Police Service Chief Paul Ladouceur and Estevan Fire Rescue Service Chief Dale Feser reached their $5,000 fundraising goal for Special Olympics in Saskatchewan, and have been released from prison.