Estevan Mercury

The Trent's Tire Curling team based out of Estevan competed in the Regina Youth Bonspiel Dec. 27-30. The rink includes skip Colby Fessler, third Karlee Fessler, second Layne Hawrylak and lead Taylor Marcotte.

They've done it again ... and the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) is not pleased.

There is really no getting around the fact that 2011 was not a great year in the long and and storied history of Saskatchewan's New Democratic Party.

The holiday season attracts various forms of celebrations and the Estevan Police Service members had their fair share of the results of some of these events as they ended up handling a number of alcohol-related and theft incidents between Dec.

It's hard to say which disappointing finish was a bigger choke. Last year, an American world junior team that was more stacked on paper than Yorkton's peewee AA team lost to Canada in the semis.

Once again a generous community came through. The Salvation Army reported this past week that their annual Christmas Kettle campaign and the accompanying mail out solicitation efforts have resulted in revenues that exceeded expectations.

The Editor: Canadians have every reason to celebrate our country's recent decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. Our refusal to play the role of sucker at a United Nations poker game might even send a message to the world's real polluters.

The way we have decided to inhabit Saskatchewan is a blessing and a curse. As we climb into 2012, I look around and can't help but wonder what we're going to do in the next 10 to 15 years to address the disparity of population disbursement.

Estevan shines on national stage

For the third time this season, the Bruins have three goalies on their roster. The team has signed 18-year-old Tyler Ross, a Warren, Mich., native who played for the Elliot Lake Bobcats of the outlaw Greater Metro Hockey League in Ontario last year.