Estevan Mercury

Lucas Bittman 1996 – 2016 Lucas Timothy Peter Bittman passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones, in the early hours of January 19, 2016 at the age of 19 years at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan, SK.

Sophia Maria - Vittali January 15, 2016 Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend passed quietly from this life after a brief illness on Friday, January 15, 2016.

It may be time to call into question our provincial government’s decision to lift the wage freeze on out-of-scope government employees that lasted for just one year.

Motorists could soon be facing a much lower speed limit on a part of Fourth Street.

The annual salute to Robert Burns, the Scottish poet and song-writer, hosted by the Estevan 2901 PPCLI Army Cadet Corps of Estevan was another rousing success on Saturday night.

The Estevan Police Service (EPS) is investigating a theft that occurred at the Estevan Shoppers Mall. The incident occurred during the Jan. 17 day shift, and was reported to police the following day.

Associate curator David Dyck and artist in residence Diana Chisholm have been familiar faces at recent events at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, but have only spoken a little bit about their own work. That changed on Jan.

After a lengthy break over Christmas, the mini-atom and atom Estevan Sharks water polo teams were once again in action at a tournament in Weyburn on Jan. 24. The Sharks submitted four teams in the tournament across 3 divisions of play.

The Estevan Coaler Rollers junior roller derby spring season is set to get underway with registration nights scheduled for the end of this month and beginning of next.

The Estevan Carlyle Motor Products atom AA Bruins earned a B-side championship at a Hockey Regina tournament at the Co-operators Arena on the weekend. After losing their first game 2-1 to the Prairie Storm Lightning, the Bruins dominated the B-side.