Estevan Mercury

Estevan's beleaguered roads were a major topic of conversation in council chambers Monday night. It was announced during council's regular meeting that the tenders on the rebuild of Highway 47 through the city were to close Tuesday.

Aside from the task of dealing with our rapidly eroding roads and the creation of a recycling program, the City of Estevan also has some labour issues to deal with in 2013.

The Estevan Harris Oilfield Impact played their first two home games ever on the weekend, losing both to the Regina Heat. The senior lacrosse club fell 21-11 to the Heat on Saturday night, and lost 16-8 on Sunday.

During the past few weeks The Mercury has been bringing its readers a series of articles related to this community's growing problem with liquor consumption and its resulting consequences.

The Estevan Bruins have gotten to work on securing a group of players expected to join the team as rookies next season.

The Learn to Play program run by Estevan Girls' Softball continues to grow. The program, which is for kids aged five to 10, was restructured locally in 2011 to form three levels of players based on age and ability.

The Estevan Mermaids set a club record on Sunday, with eight athletes qualifying for Synchro Saskatchewan's high performance program.

Saskatchewan was well represented when three Estevan students took to the national Skills Canada Competition to show the country what they can do.

After placing second in the Toronto Pro SuperShow bodybuilding competition recently, Estevan's Cea Anna Kerr is setting her sights higher.

A province-wide child pornography investigation has led to the arrest of an Estevan resident.