Estevan Mercury

Several students from the Estevan Comprehensive School earned medals at the recent high school Skills Canada provincials, which were held virtually.

Grade 11 student Jessica Baumgartner of Stoughton Central School placed third in the high school category of the national Speaker’s Idol competition on Thursday, and will receive an iPad as a prize.

Effective 8 a.m. on May 14, eligibility in the provincial age-based immunization program moves to 23 and older, except for residents living in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, where it remains at age 18 and older.

Someone once asked Wayne Gretzky what made him such a good hockey player and he said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) will remain at Level 4, remote learning for another week.

There are 223 new cases of COVID-19 and 232 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on May 13, bringing the provincial total to 43,926 cases.

Despite excellent driving conditions in the area, the Estevan Fire Rescue Service members responded to a couple of collisions within 24 hours. On May 12, fire crews were called out to a two-vehicle collision that occurred in central Estevan.

After years of fundraising and community support, the Carlyle Fire Department is feeling the payoff of their new fire hall that they moved into last December.

Cheers: Cheers to all of the volunteers who placed Canadian flags at the tombs of Canadian veterans in the city cemetery and the memorial gardens on Saturday. It was a simple gesture, but the rows of flags looked nice.