Estevan Mercury

One day after the Mercury reported that Estevan Bruins leading scorer Dylan Smith has left the team, it is confirmed that another core player won't be back. Bruins captain Josh Jelinski has decided not to play this year, mostly for personal reasons.

Only two weeks before the start of Bruins training camp comes the news that right winger Dylan Smith is leaving the team. Smith, 20, will play for the Connecticut Oilers of the Eastern Junior Hockey League this season. He is already in Connecticut.

There are many ways to date somebody. There are things that put us into a certain age group and a certain time. These aren't things that tell generations apart but can identify people within just two or three years of each other.

An event that celebrated the growing diversity of the Energy City will be missing from this year's schedule.

Dear Sociology 301, When I first heard of you back in the winter, I thought you sounded pretty cool. I asked around, actually, wanting to find out what made you tick, and lots of people told me you were great.

Agricultural diversification has long been an interest of mine, as regular readers will recognize.

It is now a legitimate question: "What's wrong with the Saskatchewan Roughriders?" We've heard it at times over the course of the summer of 2012, but it never seemed like there was too much wrong with the Green & White.

Based on statistics alone, Josh Hamilton should be one of the most sought-after free agents this winter in the history of Major League Baseball.

Once again the St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation is aiming to satisfy its wish list. It takes a lot of work and a lot of money to keep St. Joseph's Hospital running smoothly.

This past weekend my wife and I were scheduled to attend the 100th anniversary reunion of Saskatchewan Youth Parliament in Regina. It was a big deal in our lives, as that's where we met.