Estevan Mercury

The Editor,The growing black market for cigarettes in Canada is becoming a larger and larger problem. It is a source of violent and organized crime and it deprives governments of the full taxes from the sale of a legal product.

Estevan Police Service (EPS) members received a complaint of an erratic driver in the central part of the city on the night of Aug. 23. The vehicle in question was located while parked along 12th Avenue with its occupants near by.

At 10 pm on August 23, 2010 members of the Estevan Police Service arrested a twenty one year old male who had recently moved to Estevan and a nineteen year old Estevan female.The arrest was a result of a lengthy drug investigation.

Dear Premier Wall: If your government is not willing to address our growing infrastructure needs, then we respectfully request that you give us our money back - about $400 million should do it - for now. You can send the rest along later.

Shortly after the Bantam Selects Zone Showcase in Regina earlier this month, coach Tom Copeland predicted that at least one of the five local bantams from his Zone 1 team would be chosen to represent Saskatchewan in the Fall Prospects Series held in

A First Nations and Metis education report was submitted to the South East Cornerstone School Division's board of trustees on August 19.

The Editor,This letter is regarding the recent article "This is why we can't have nice things" by Chad Saxon. While stating his frustration over the parking habits of big trucks in town, he overlooked the bigger problem.

The Estevan Minor Hockey Association held its annual fall general meeting on Monday.

The Estevan Trinity Lutheran Women's Group held their semi-annual conference in the church auditorium on Saturday, Aug. 14.

The 2010 version of the trail ride for the Souris Valley Trekkers took on some familiar and unfamiliar territory for those who joined in for the three-days of excursions by horseback and horse drawn wagons and buggies.