Estevan Mercury

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Dan O'Toole has been to a lot of Canadian communities the last two summers as part of the Kraft Celebration Tour. He claimed he wasn't just pandering to the Mercury readership when he cited last year's trip to Outlook as one of his favourites.

Last week it appeared as if Estevan was going to be left with just six physicians to serve the city and the surrounding area once fall arrived, but now it seems, help may be on the way.

This was one lead Jay Noteboom wasn't going to let go of.

A woman from the Whitebear First Nation was sentenced to 30 months in custody after entering a guilty plea to aggravated assault and assault causing bodily harm.

A new park has opened on Fourth Street on a combination of Sasktel and Salvation Army property next to the Salvation Army.

A new report on crime is not painting a rosy picture for Estevan. According to Statistics Canada's annual crime severity index, incidents of violent crime rose by almost 30 per cent in 2010.

Estevan Motor Speedway has been forced to cancel the All-Star Circuit of Champions sprint car event for July 26.

It may have taken us over 140 years but I truly believe we're finally getting the hang of this celebrating stuff on July 1. It used to be called Dominion Day, now it's Canada Day. It's not the birthday of some dead British monarch, it's our day.

Do you have any idea how many Canadians watch SportsCentre every morning? I don't either, but it's a big number.