Estevan Mercury

A contingent of Estevan city council members that included Mayor Roy Ludwig were in Saskatoon last week for the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention.

Talented bantam-age hockey players from all over southeast Saskatchewan came to Estevan on the weekend to show off their game. Spectra Place was the host venue for the Zone 1 selection camp for the annual Sask First tournament.

An Estevan man was sentenced to more than a year in jail following a Queen's Bench trial in the fall of 2012.

The Estevan Comprehensive School senior basketball teams have a virtually insurmountable climb in front of them in the 78th annual McLeod Series.

There is no rest for the wicked. And for that matter, there appears to be little rest for the people assigned to catch them. Estevan Police Service members have been busy over the past week dealing with a variety of calls.

The Editor: City council's decision to increase the utility rate by 10 per cent brings the increases when compounded to approximately 54 per cent over the last five years. If it's not back door taxation then at the very least it's unreasonable.

The once forgotten hamlet of Northgate is about to enjoy a rebirth as one of the most important exporting locations in Western Canada. Ceres Global Ag.

With local roads continuing to take a beating, the City of Estevan is working with the provincial government to try and speed up the start of construction on the truck bypass.

Don't misunderstand me now, I love this province and will defend its integrity and capabilities and all those motherhood platitudes.

After playing some of their best hockey of the season in recent weeks, two games in Kindersley brought the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins back to earth with a resounding thud.