Estevan Mercury

The Estevan Golden Eels Swim Club are 2015 provincial champions after delivering an outstanding performance at the marquee swim meet of the summer in Biggar last weekend.

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Local athletes Megan LeBlanc and Haley Ronyk are lacing up their skates and heading across the pond early next month to represent Canada at a global all-star hockey tournament.

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) released its third quarter update to the 2015 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast today, which highlights an expected well count of 1,660 in Saskatchewan, which is less than half of the 3,365 wells

Gravel: pebbles and pieces of rock coarser than sand. It’s something we often take for granted, whether zipping down the roads and highways, or hearing it crunch underfoot, on footpaths and trails.

Diane Fonstad 1944 - 2015 Diane Mildred Fonstad (neeHauglum) was born on May 24, 1944 and died where she was born, in Midale, Saskatchewan on July 13, 2015 at the young age of 71 years. Diane was predeceased by her parents, Isaac and Mildred Hauglum.

GREGORY RAYMOND WEISS August 30, 1950 - July 13, 2015 Gregory Raymond Weiss, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2015. Gregory was prede- ceased by his father Ewalt Weiss.

Frank Kovacs 1934-2015 Frank Kovacs, late of Benson, SK, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015 in Estevan, SK at the age of 81 years.

Brian Howard 1955 - 2015 Today we announce with sad- ness the loss of our son, brother and uncle, Brian Lyle Howard. He died the same way that he lived, with courage and accep- tance of life as it was given to him.

John Allan Wilgenbusch July 4, 2015 John Allan Wilgenbusch, late of Halbrite, passed away July 4, 2015 at the age of 61 years after a 4 year battle with cancer.