Estevan Mercury

Official enrolment numbers are expected to be up in the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division this year compared with the 2013-14 academic year.

With the exception of the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS), student enrolments in Estevan's public schools will remain pretty well static compared with last year.

The game couldn't have started on a much better note for the Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs on Saturday.

A routine mountain biking trip on the trails among the mountains in Vernon, B.C.

On Aug. 22, American drivers swept the three track championships at Estevan Motor Speedway. A week later, the Canadians headed south and returned the favour.

It is billed as the largest pool tournament in the world and it certainly was unlike anything the Tap House Wolves had seen before.

Margaret Thomas 1915 - 2014 Margaret Thomas passed away peacefully, with loved ones by her side on Friday, August 29, 2014 at the Weyburn Special Care Home, Weyburn, SK, in her 98th year.

Estevan Police Service officers on Sept. 8 stopped a vehicle on King Street and following the execution of a search warrant on the vehicle, seized a large amount of cocaine with an estimated street value of $80,000.

Carlyle RCMP are reporting they have arrested and charged a 49-year-old Carlyle man and charged him with aggravated assault after he allegedly shot another man in the leg.

Over the 2014 Labour Day long weekend (Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 inclusive), Saskatchewan RCMP responded to six motor vehicle collisions, each one resulting in a single fatality. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in four of the six deaths.