Estevan Mercury

As the gears of government continue to grind, it appears a decision on the bid to acquire a CT scan unit for St. Joseph's Hospital may not be included in the upcoming budget.

A panel comprised of executive members of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation has decided that a former teacher at Midale Central School will have her teaching certificate cancelled. The ruling came on Feb. 6 at a penalty hearing in Regina.

The Estevan Comprehensive School senior girls kept it close. The senior boys, however, struggled greatly, and as a result the Elecs are in a deep hole in the 79th annual McLeod Series.

Estevan Police Service members had a busy week responding to calls regarding intoxicated citizens and they also initiated a charge of crack cocaine trafficking following a major drug bust on the night of Feb. 7.

The Bienfait Coalers have passed their first test in the Saskatchewan Hockey Association provincial playoffs. The Coalers took care of the Milestone Flyers last week in the first round of A provincials, winning 4-3 in Milestone on Feb.

The steps are cautious while the details are being tended to, but the possibility of having a significant number of wild turkeys flitting around southern Saskatchewan is closing in on reality.

The Estevan Police Service has announced two people have died after a house fire Tuesday morning in Estevan. The EPS report that a call was received at 2:04 a.m. regarding a fire in the Pleasantdale area.

It's an Olympic year, but things don't feel the way the Games are supposed to make us feel. The Olympics of today are not the Olympics of years past, and that's something we have come to a begrudging acceptance of.

There is an issue facing farmers that isn't getting as much attention as one might expect.

Sunday was Groundhog Day. That meant a few dozen crazy people dressed in silly clothes and hats rounded up the fat indolent rodents, placed them in their chubby hands and proclaimed we were either going to have six more weeks of winter or not.