Estevan Mercury

Estevan walkers will be among about 1,400 other provincial participants raising funds to combat multiple sclerosis on May 29. The MS Walk is a family oriented, community-supported event that raises money in support of the fight to end MS.

Now that the South East Regional Industry Education Council (SERIEC) is an official entity, they can pursue federal and provincial funding from outside the mainstream sources for secondary school programs.

The United Way Estevan’s goal for their 40th annual telethon later this year will be a little lower than last year’s objective, but it is still an ambitious goal.

There were nine panelists with varying interests and spheres of influence, two keynote presenters who took bold looks into the near future and 60 or more delegates, many of them from North and South Dakota, as well as southern Saskatchewan.

The Estevan Police Association (EPA) and the Estevan Board of Police Commissioners have reached a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Details of the pact were announced during a press conference on Tuesday morning at city hall.

This week's edition of the Energy City Plugged In Podcast offers a look back at Savour the Southeast, a discussion of the greatest sports movies ever, and a potential feud between two podcast members.

My wife, Sara, loves birds, so in the spring I get daily reports that go something like this: “The chickadees are back.” “I saw a Robin today.” “Ooh, I hear a woodpecker over there.” She gets excited when she sees hawks floating on the breeze.

Sometimes when you’re tired of doing the same old, same old, you need to not just look for something new to do, you need to create something new. At a friend’s house, we were talking about some of our favourite lawn games.

Expected, or perhaps even above expectations around the news reports and Facebook posts examining the devastation of the Fort McMurray fires, is the response coming from people across the country and beyond to the needs of evacuees.

The Calgary Roughnecks lost to the Saskatchewan Rush 16-10 in Game 1 of the best-of-three National Lacrosse League West Final. The Roughnecks had a 6-5 lead at half-time but they couldn’t hold the lead in the third quarter.