Estevan Mercury

The 2016 Estevan Minor Box Lacrosse (EMBL) season promises to be one of change for the association and its players.

Local junior and senior lacrosse players will be playing for different cities in the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League (PGLL) this season. For the second straight year, the Estevan junior Big Dogs lacrosse team will not field a squad in the PGLL.

Marco Ricci was honoured by the Regina Thunder last month for his dedication to building the game of football in Estevan, but he would only accept the award if everyone else who helped bring the sport to the Energy City was also recognized.

The Southeast Performance Pump Services midget AAA Twins took the first step towards coming together as a successful ball club with three days of open tryouts during the past week.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is receiving criticism locally for his recent comments about employment insurance and the state of the oil industry.

Zachary Lucky remains one of the hardest-working performers in Saskatchewan music, although he no longer maintains the rigorous travel schedule that he held for several years.

Athletes from Estevan, Weyburn and Melville took over the lanes at Estevan Bowl on Saturday for the annual Special Olympics Estevan bowling tournament.

Estevan families can hit two birds with one stone at Woodlawn Park on May 14 by joining in the ninth-annual Coal Country Run. The Coal Country Run will once again act as a fundraiser for the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games.

Overwhelming acceptance is what the Saskatchewan Party and their leader Brad Wall received Monday night.

There was no shock-and-awe moment for the 40 or more supporters milling around the Progressive Conservative campaign headquarters on Fourth Street in Estevan on Monday night.