Estevan Mercury

News and notes from the Feb. 6 regular meeting of Estevan city council. Kaitlyn Pilloud was introduced as the new student member of council at the meeting. Pilloud is a student of the Estevan Comprehensive School.

The Estevan Raiders juvenile broomball team won gold at a tournament in St. Claude, Man., on the weekend. Brayden Tuchscherer scored in overtime to give the Raiders a 2-1 win over Balgonie in the final.

Like many Canadians, Islanders typically aren't much for bragging and showing off. That changed on Saturday, when P.E.I. showed off its passion for hockey and the sport's storied history on the Island as part of CBC's annual Hockey Day in Canada.

The Editor: How much did you earn last year? An article by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation suggested a campaign promise by a NDP leader hopeful to raise top income tax, capital gains, and stock options rates was wrong headed and the candidate shoul

It's not very often a martial arts dojo or studio receives the opportunity to be visited by a master black belt practitioner, but this past weekend local students from the Estevan Tae Kwon Do Club received a visit from Vlado Brcic who holds such a ra

The Editor: Saskatchewan, we have a problem, and it is water.

The Editor: It was with interest I read the Estevan Mercury 's article on physician recruitment in Estevan. I applaud the health region's efforts to bring needed physicians to Estevan.

As Estevan looks to attract large-scale artists to its new flagship venue in Spectra Place, there are others coming to the Energy City with a reminder not to forget about the little guys.

The problem with Canada's current system of doing population counts remains the same as it was five years ago when the majority of Canadians were expected to self-enumerate rather than be counted by door-to-door canvassers who did the job properly fo

The numbers are increasing at the Estevan detachment of the RCMP.