Estevan Mercury

The fourth annual Christmas Store at Hillcrest School continues to grow in support. Approximately 500 items were donated to the Christmas Store this year, which is a record amount for the program.

The Cement Association of Canada wants to see more municipalities switching to cement and concrete for infrastructure and building projects.

There were four new faces at the table when the board of directors of the Sun Country Regional Health Authority met for their Dec. 1 open business session at Tatagwa View in Weyburn.

The racist-induced incident reported in last week’s Mercury gained interest with the general public as well as with a couple of public agencies and their personnel. When Ashwani Kapoor and Neha Mugal encountered a harsh racist incident on Nov.

Estevan is looking for a fire chief for the second time in the last 18 months. The City of Estevan informed Shane Code on Dec. 1 that he was being dismissed without cause.

They made a commitment to provide $100,000 within three years for updated equipment in the local hospital’s operating room, and they are right on schedule and perhaps, just a little ahead of where they expected to be, heading into the second year of

Two main objectives were outlined for the coming year at the Penta Completions Estevan Minor Football annual general meeting Nov. 24 in the Taylorton Room at the Day’s Inn.

Claire Miller, 15, of Bienfait received the top mark in Saskatchewan on the Level 4 violin examination conducted by the Royal Conservatory of Music.

The Preston Meyer Memorial novice hockey tournament held in Estevan on the weekend gave a wealth of children an opportunity to have fun on the ice while also helping raise awareness and funds for an important cause.

The entire Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins team had an off game despite gaining a 5-4 win over the Regina Aces at Affinity Place on Friday, noted their head coach. “We didn’t play well,” said Bruins coach Tom Copeland.