Estevan Mercury

The Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) had a hot week, with numerous calls for service, including a camper fire, a carbon monoxide (CO) leak, a vehicle rollover and others.

Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen has responded to the unmarked graves found at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School at Cowessess First Nation.

There are no new cases of COVID-19 in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan, according to the daily report from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. No recoveries were reported as well, and the number of COVID-19 cases in Zone 4 remains at one.

The Estevan Salvation Army is going to host a food drive on June 26 in an effort to replenish the shelves of the food bank before summer vacation. The food drive will happen from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. that day.

Cheers: Cheers to the organizers of the bubble parade for the Estevan Comprehensive School’s Class of 2021. It was a great way to celebrate them, and the kids looked great in their finest clothes.

The editor: Two-hundred fifteen children were buried in a graveyard beside a residential school in Kamloops, B.C. They varied in ages; one as young as three. They lived. They all had names. They all had hopes and dreams.

Effective 8 a.m. June 24, residents are eligible for their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine a minimum of 28 days after they receive the first dose.

Stoughton Central School is looking forward to celebrating the 2021 graduates. School principal Shelly Campbell said that even though it was a tough year for the grads, they made it through and are approaching the end of the year on a positive note.

It hasn’t been an easy few weeks for Canada. We should be talking about the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, the declining number of cases, whether the vaccine is being administered fast enough, and when the Canada-U.S.