Estevan Mercury

The team charged with the duty of collecting $8 million for a new nursing home in Estevan got to within $100,000 of their target last week when they picked up nearly $200,000 in one fell swoop thanks to two generous donations.

More options and slightly lower prices have provided residents in Estevan a much-needed break from the city’s ongoing housing dilemma.

Movember is about sharing a memory of someone who has died or solidarity with someone who is ill.

Two season-long struggles reared their head again for the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins, as their lack of finish and shutdown play in their own end were major factors in a pair of weekend road losses.

The Estevan Bruins have traded their leading scorer in a deal completed late Monday night. The club has sent 19-year-old left winger Darcy DeRoose to the Kindersley Klippers for future considerations.

Martial artists from across Saskatchewan were showing off their skills on Saturday, as the Estevan Taekwon-do Club hosted their annual open invitational tournament. The event saw 134 competitors from 10 clubs throughout the province take part.

It was a weekend of mixed results for the Estevan PowerTech Panthers, as they won two games and lost one. The female midget AA team lost 5-3 to the Regina Capitals at Affinity Place on Friday.

It’s not quite the Brier or the Scotties, but the World Curling Tour’s Weatherford Curling Classic is set to return after 2013’s inaugural event. The tournament running from Nov. 28 to Dec.

Seven members of the Estevan Skating Club represented the city at the Skate Canada sectional competition in Melville last week. It was the largest contingent of skaters the club has sent in the last 10 years to compete at such a high level.

In a tight contest where the TS&M bantam AA Bruins traded goals with their opponent for much of the evening, a late score in the final minute of the third period wasn’t enough to propel the Bruins to victory.