Estevan Mercury

The signals have gone out and the preparations for the April 4 general election have been years in the making. Saskatchewan’s 28th general election is less than 50 days away and pre-election projects are entering the final stages of planning.

The annual reports for the city’s drinking water supply and the waste water treatment plant showed few problems in 2015.

The Estevan Power Dodge peewee A Vipers, Estevan Prairie Mud peewee A Bruins, Estevan Power Tech midget AA Panthers and Estevan midget A Bruins will all compete on home ice over the next two weeks in the first round of the Saskatchewan Hockey Associa

Despite a slow start and shaky 90 seconds to open up the third period, the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins found a way to beat the Nipawin Hawks 5-3 in a come-from-behind win at Affinity Place on Saturday.

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs senior girls and boys basketball teams won the 81st annual home-and-home McLeod Series against the Weyburn Comprehensive School (WCS) Eagles last Wednesday, but the way they accomplished the feat left a ba

Estevan Police Service members have been kept busy with a variety of calls during the past few days. Two thefts were reported during the Feb. 8 night shift. One theft was from a vehicle and the other was from a residential property.

Corporal, pastor and comrade Geoff Thiessen sees the Royal Canadian Legion as a special group of people who are set apart from other volunteer organizations in communities spread across the country.

A little over a dozen area curlers got a step up on their competition at the Power Dodge Curling Centre last Friday thanks to a new adult curling clinic put on by Affinity Credit Union and CurlSask.

Robert Kitchen admits he has faced a steep learning curve during the adjustment to his new job as the member of Parliament (MP) for Souris-Moose Mountain. Kitchen spoke at a meeting hosted by the Estevan Chamber of Commerce on Feb.

The Estevan Westmoreland Coal peewee AA Bruins learned a few valuable lessons in their 12-0 and 9-1 home losses to the South Sask Minor Hockey League leading Swift Current Broncos on Saturday and Sunday, but now have to put those games behind them as