Estevan Mercury

The La Ronge Ice Wolves got three goals in the second period en route to a 4-2 victory over the Estevan Bruins on Saturday at Spectra Place.

Ryan Arnott had trouble selecting one artist at the annual Estevan Arts Council's Adjudicated Art Show so he apparently decided to go with three.

When the first snow of the season fell on Sunday, the kids joyfully jumped into their ski pants and boots and headed outside. They were so happy to play in the snow, they shovelled both the driveway and the deck, without prompting.

Mike McEwen has been making a mockery of the men's world curling scene this season, but the 31-year-old Manitoban, whose trophy case is filled to overflowing, has yet to win Canada's most cherished curling prize: The Brier.

'Tis the season, folks. Or 'tis nearly the season, at least. It's only the beginning of November, and I don't think the Christmas season really hits until December.

Farmers are enjoying what is a near anomaly in terms of agriculture as there are good prices on both the livestock and grain side of things.

Maybe it's because I never grew up in a Canada in which the polar bear is a national symbol, but when I think Canada, I don't think of polar bears, or vice versa. One senator doesn't like that beavers are our national symbol.

The party is over but the cleanup has just begun. And it really wasn't much of a party to begin with. The Saskatchewan Roughriders wrapped up their season Friday night with a 23-20 last-minute loss to the Eskimos in Edmonton.

He said, she said

It was 1942 when Joseph Gervais, a farm boy from Hitchcock, received an invitation from the Canadian government to attend a medical exam in Regina on Jan. 1, 1943.