Estevan Mercury

After a very different year on all fronts, Saskatchewan and the rest of the country is celebrating National Police Week from May 9-15. The Mercury spoke to acting Estevan RCMP detachment commander Cpl.

Members of the Estevan RCMP, Estevan Fire Rescue Service and Estevan Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were called to a collision at the junction of Highway 47 and the Highway 39 truck bypass at approximately 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The City of Estevan has announced that the Estevan Leisure Centre will resume scheduled recreation programs, starting May 12 at 6 a.m. Both indoor and outdoor recreation programming will once again be ready for preregistration.

The Rotary Club of Estevan will treat the community to delicious East Coast lobsters this June. Due to the pandemic, their biggest fundraiser of the year, Lobsterfest, will once again occur in a to-go format.

While the planned season for an under-18 varsity team likely isn’t going to proceed, Penta Completions Estevan Minor Football still hopes some things could happen for those athletes.

It seems like there is a day or a week dedicated to every possible occasion and cause. Many of them are cringe-worthy, and make you want to roll your eyes when you hear mention of them.

There are 186 new cases of COVID-19 and 266 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on May 11, bringing the provincial total to 43,481 cases.

SGI will start to mail out approximately 709,000 rebate cheques this week. The mailout will take place over the next three weeks. Because there is such a large volume of cheques, customers could receive cheques anytime between mid-May and mid-June.

May 9, 1992 was graduation night for students of the Southeast Regional College, Estevan district campus. A graduation and awards ceremony was held at Trinity Lutheran Auditorium for the adult basic education class.

Bienfait Weldon School is one of 10 schools in Saskatchewan to receive a $10,000 grant to support student nutrition, after being selected through this year’s Mosaic School Nutrition Challenge.