Estevan Mercury

Cheers: Cheers to all of the hearts that we’re seeing in people’s windows, or on streets or sidewalks, and for the hearts from local businesses that appeared in this week’s edition of the Estevan Mercury.

Another week passes and we haven’t shaken the worldwide pandemic known as COVID-19, which continues to assert its firm grasp on economies across the globe. We are officially in the thick of it.

As of April 3, 12 more people recovered from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. However, the overall number of confirmed cases went up 14 new, bringing the provincial total to 220. Currently, there are three people in hospital in the province.

In an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation announced the postponement of their annual Radiothon for Life to a later date.

In the last couple of days, police received several reports of domestic issues. On April 1, Estevan Police Service (EPS) members attended to a residence on the north side of the city after a complaint of a woman causing a disturbance.

While we all are required to stay six feet away from each other, the Town of Oxbow came up with a suggestion to safely shake things up a bit in an old-fashioned way.

Shirley Galloway’s experience in occupational health and industrial hygiene is particularly significant now, at a time when Premier Scott Moe says we are in a “social distancing economy,” as he did on March 25.

One of the recurring concerns we’ve heard since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Saskatchewan last month has been the need for more information.

As people face a new normal, with such concepts as social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a couple of southeast Saskatchewan photographers were part of a project that captured local families in a simple but natural setting.

St. Joseph’s Hospital is employing technology to allow patients and residents to connect with their families, in a way they wouldn’t be able to otherwise.