Estevan Mercury

Now that our city has re-established and hopefully stabilized its inner administration workforce, it might be an opportune time for our civic leaders to set their sights on a few new files while retaining focus on the more mundane items.

Fresh off a two-week break, the Estevan Power Dodge peewee A Vipers came flying out of the gate on Sunday to down the Weyburn Canadian Tire Angels 6-1 at the Civic Auditorium.

The cost of spending time in Saskatchewan’s provincial parks is going up. Visitation to these parks set a new record in 2015 with close to 3.9 million visits.

The future of the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins was on full display Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 at the Mac’s Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament in Calgary.

For the second straight year, Estevan city council has received little public feedback for its budget deliberations. Council held their first public discussions about the budget during their meeting on Monday night.

Fred Arthur Lees 1933 - 2015 It is with sadness that the family of Fred Arthur Lees, late of North Portal, SK announces his accidental passing on Sunday, December 13, 2015 near Casa Grande, Arizona, at the age of 82 years.

Johanna Lievaart 1928 - 2015 Johanna Lievaart was born May 26, 1928, in Rotterdam, Holland, to Adriaan and Johanna van Oost, the fourth of eight children. Mom had a happy life growing up in Rotterdam with her family.

Robert (Bob) Larter 1925 - 2015 On Boxing Day, Dad passed away a few weeks shy of his 91st birthday. This wonderful man who always had a twinkle in his eyes went to join his wife, Phyllis. Mom left us on March 27, 2011.

The Estevan Knights of Columbus bantam Knights won the Minot Bantam B Tournament of Champions on Dec. 18 to 20. Estevan shut out the Regina Sabres 8-0 on the first day of action.

The cold weather outside isn’t putting a stop to baseball in Estevan.