Estevan Mercury

The Estevan Bruins dropped a bit of a bombshell on Friday, trading star defenceman Tyler Kauk to the Flin Flon Bombers for 17-year-old defenceman Connor Vermeulen. Kauk, who will turn 20 in September, has been the Bruins' No.

A familiar face will be back when the Estevan Bruins open training camp in September. The team re-acquired Ben Johnstone from the Nipawin Hawks on Wednesday for future considerations.

Last week's tragedy at Lac-Megantic involving a runaway train and exploding oil tanker cars in the centre of the small city, is another classic example of a strange string of events occurring in a sequence that leads to an horrific outcome.

Although Estevan was hit by a nasty thunderstorm Saturday, it was largely spared from the damage seen in other areas of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The storm, which descended upon the area around 5 p.m., brought rain, high winds and hail to the area.

The Estevan Golden Eels had a busy weekend, winning a meet in Assiniboia on Saturday and taking second in another in Swift Current on Sunday.

How simple and straight-forward it was in 1913. Tending to the needs of the newly minted Rural Municipality of Coalfields No.

Their first event of the year was a washout, and the second threatened to be wiped out by rain too, but the Estevan Drag Racing Association finally got its season underway on Sunday.

There are still expectations, or at least hope, of a truck route around the city of Estevan by 2016, but negotiations with some of the affected landowners regarding the purchase of right-of-way properties have not been completed yet.

In light of the recent events in Lac-Megantic, Que., in which a train carrying crude oil derailed in the middle of the town of about 6,000 residents, there may be some wondering about the procedures in the face of a similar disaster in Estevan.

With the landscape continuing to evolve, the Southeast Regional Library has taken a look at where it fits in Estevan's future.