Estevan Mercury

The City of Estevan is without a manager for its public works department. Peter Kennedy, who had been with the city for about 15 months, has stepped down for personal reasons. His last day was on Friday.

Wet and cool weather in early October slowed harvest progress for many producers in the province, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly crop report.

The editor: For Canadians who have been rejoicing over the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, please be warned. There are many obscure provisions in this agreement that will, for many years, hang around our necks like the proverbial dead albatross.

The Estevan Fire and Rescue Service wants everyone to be properly equipped to detect any potential fire hazards around their homes.

A two-game road trip to Melville featuring two different results started off the Westmoreland Coal Company Estevan Bruins peewee AA hockey team’s season.

The Apex Estevan Bruins midget AA hockey team remain undefeated after completing an early season road trip over the weekend and are now coming back home.

Three people had to be taken to hospital in Regina due to injuries they sustained in a two-vehicle collision on Kensington Avenue on Saturday night. Estevan Police Service members received a call of the accident just after 10 p.m.

One victim of a vehicle-pedestrian collision on the 1200 block of Fourth Street has died after being airlifted to a hospital in Regina. Kathy Batke, 69, died from her injuries in hospital care on the morning of Oct. 8.

Hillcrest School Grade 8 student Logan Nagel got to celebrate his 13th birthday one day early last Thursday when the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins made a trip to his school.

The CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins junior A hockey team lost 3-2 to the Weyburn Red Wings on Friday at Affinity Place in a game that featured one team that wanted the win more than the other did.