Estevan Mercury

A very familiar face has joined the staff at the Blischak dental office in Estevan. Dr. Cole Blischak has joined his father Dr. Gale Blischak at the office.

The Souris Valley Antique Association (SVAA) is looking forward to welcoming people to Midale for the upcoming Pioneer Echoes weekend July 31 and Aug. 1. The event will begin with a pancake breakfast on July 31 in downtown Midale at 7:30 a.m.

The Estevan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion recently showed its support for health care in the community. The legion presented two cheques for $2,500 each to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation. One was for the addictions treatment centre.

The Estevan Police Service is asking the public’s assistance in locating 27-year-old Simone Flatfoot-Menard of Estevan. Flatfoot-Menard was reported missing at around noon on July 27. She was last seen the night of July 26 at her home in Estevan.

A local man is grateful for a new lease on life that he has received since an organ transplant earlier this year. Kevin Toombs was only born with one kidney and it was located in the front of his stomach.

Several community projects in the Estevan constituency have received support through the Community Initiatives Fund (CIF).

Some of the top young baseball players in the province were in Estevan on the weekend for the Baseball Sask. U13 AA Tier 2 provincial baseball tournament at Mel Murray Cactus Park.

The Estevan Salvation Army is accepting registrations for its annual backpack program. The initiative, which has been running for nearly a decade, will provide a backpack filled with school supplies for children in lower-income families.

Just off of Main Street, at 102 Railway Avenue in Lampman, a blue building sits tucked beside an alleyway and behind an old business.

The speculation has been rampant in recent months as to whether Canadians will be going back to the polls this fall. In fact, pundits have been waiting for an election to be triggered since the early spring, before the federal budget was handed down.