Estevan Mercury

As students head back to classrooms and the rest of us prepare to greet autumn by doing the things we do to gird ourselves for winter, our thoughts also turn to the reality of a provincial general election.

The Editor, I know that I speak for our entire committee, when I say the hugest thank you to all of my media friends.

Two incidents involving some dangerous activities grabbed the attention of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) members this past week. On the night of Aug.

The Editor: First, I would like to congratulate the community of Estevan for supporting football and for its effort in winning a stop on the Kraft Celebration Tour.

An Estevan man charged with distributing child pornography and possession of child pornography pleaded guilty to possessing the illegal material during Monday proceedings in Estevan provincial court.

Running back Flegel breaks leg in scrimmage

Tom Harwood has recently joined the City of Estevan as the leisure services manager, filling a position that had been vacant for nearly a year. Harwood, who came to Estevan from Prince George, B.C.

There wasn't much time to rest for Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole during their two-day visit to Estevan last week.

Due to flooding this spring and summer, overall passengers processed at North Portal were down 46 per cent from last July, said officials from the Canada Border Services offices. Officers processed 19,802 individuals as opposed to 36,972 in 2010.

Saturday was a good news, bad news kind of day for Estevan Minor Football. The organization announced a $30,000 donation from Penta Completions to become EMF's lead sponsor for the next five years.