Estevan Mercury

The Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins bested the Melville Millionaires on Saturday, defeating their opponent in dominating fashion.

A counterfeit $20 bill surfaced at a local business on Feb. 22 which prompted a report being passed on to the Estevan Police Service (EPS) to look into the incident.

Although there is plenty of work yet to be completed, the construction of the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute is continuing at a steady pace.

Monday night's battle at the Civic Auditorium left the Estevan Bruins down 2-1 in their opening series with the Melville Millionaires.

The decisions were politically motivated to a great extent, so the fact their announcements were received enthusiastically by the electorate puts the Sask. Party in the driver's seat heading into this fall's provincial election.

The midget AA Apex Bruins had their run at a provincial title end earlier than they hoped last Thursday. The Bruins lost both their games versus the Notre Dame Argos, in a two-game, total-goals series.

The Power Dodge bantam A Chargers completed their first step on the way to a deep playoff run for the provincial title. The girls are advancing to the South provincial final after beating the Weyburn Wings in their two-game, total-goals series.

The Editor: The idea of ticket sales for the opening concert of the new arena has got me thinking that questions should be answered by the people in charge, that being the city council.

Despite a little scare last week, the Estevan Police Service is continuing to lobby the provincial government for more police officers. The provincial government announced Thursday it had approved 30 new police officers for Saskatchewan in 2011.

So what glowing embers can be stirred up this week? Let's see, did you hear that Charlie Sheen deployed himself to Libya to help get things straightened up over there? Yep, got that one straight off the WikiLeaks site.