Estevan Mercury

Last week we acknowledged Curling Day in Saskatchewan. I was tempted to test my once finely-honed skills on the old pebbled ice patch. Then I poured another round and dropped the idea.

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) table tennis team welcomed some of the province's top talent to its home Table Tennis Saskatchewan tournament on Saturday.

The CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins captured an important four points in the SJHL standings on the weekend by beating their Viterra Division rival Melville Millionaires 6-1 and 3-1 in a home-and-home series.

The Wissota Late Models regular race feature at the Estevan Motor Speedway will not be continued this season after a disappointing two-year run, which makes room for a new slingshot class that is hoped will attract younger racers to the track.

Bienfait’s Carson Perkins was announced as the 2015 Youth Male Athlete of the Year by Sask Sport Inc. on Monday. Perkins, 17, earned the honour through his hard work, dedication and commitment to the game of baseball.

Russel James Henry Ens was ordered to pay $1,840 in fines and prohibited for a year from operating a motor vehicle, after being sentenced for a number of dated offenses, at the Feb. 1 regular sitting of Estevan provincial court.

Saskatchewan curling royalty Amber Holland is coming to the Estevan Power Dodge Curling Centre next Friday to teach a clinic on the finer points of the game.

The numbers are indicating that the oil industry is in a continued slump, given the perspective provided by the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC)’s 2016 Drilling Activity Forecast.

The Estevan Power Dodge bantam A Chargers left everything they had on the ice in staging a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over the Regina Blues at the Civic Auditorium on Sunday.

An Oxbow man has been taken into custody following an incident in the town on Sunday. Carnduff RCMP received a request at about 11:45 a.m.