Estevan Mercury

The annual general meeting of the Southeast Saskatchewan Surface Rights Association served as an opportunity to discuss some of the issues facing land owners in the region.

The Editor: I am questioning the service of Canada Post in Estevan. It was on Tuesday, March 29 when the Sask. Party delivered 13 boxes to the Estevan post office for distribution (which I helped in delivering).

The Estevan Police Service (EPS) has announced that charges have been laid against the motorist who was involved in the fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision last October in downtown Estevan.

The Estevan Soldiers’ Tree committee continues to make progress in its effort to have the tree added to downtown Estevan. Several committee members attended Estevan city council’s meeting on Monday night to seek a donation for the project.

The Estevan Harry Potter Alliance with Libraries Undertaking the Magic Mentorship of Sorcerers (LUMMOS), announced that they are participating in the seventh annual world wide book drive entitled Accio Books! 2016.

The Estevan Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to be cautious when conducting controlled burns. Local firefighters have already been called to four wildland or grass fires this spring.

It was announced around noon on Monday that Cam Broten had stepped down as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.

The Editor: For many years I have been writing to government authorities, political leaders and editors, complaining about Canada’s loss of billions of dollars annually in tax revenues due to very wealthy Canadians evading or avoiding the payment of

The winners of the annual mayor’s poetry challenge were revealed at Monday night’s meeting of Estevan city council.

Estevan’s business community was given a crash course in how to handle some of difficult challenges they face as a result of the suffering oil and gas industry, on April 6.