Estevan Mercury

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The building expansion for the Estevan Police Service (EPS) successfully went through the substantial completion inspection last week and is now in the final stages of construction.

Residents who reside south of the CP Rail tracks in Estevan were subject to a boil water order for the better part of three days last week, after what the City of Estevan described as a major water main break.

The Government of Saskatchewan released its COVID-19 Immunization Delivery Plan Tuesday. Phase 2 of vaccination sequencing will focus on the general population in 10-year increments, starting with ages 60 to 69.

Popular Saskatchewan country music artist Chris Henderson will help raise awareness about mental health. The edited version of his song Point of View, from his latest album, can now be heard in a commercial on CTV.

There are 80 new cases of COVID-19 and 253 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on Feb. 9, bringing the provincial total to date to 25,654 cases. Five Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.

Daily natural gas consumption in the province has surpassed the previous usage record. Daily gas consumption numbers are tracked over a 24-hour period from 9 a.m. to 9 a.m. the following day. A new record of 1.57 petajoules (PJ) was set Feb. 8 and 9.

Regardless of weather conditions, students on safety patrol duty have to man their posts during lunch hour and after school. With the cold weather in the past couple of weeks, it hasn’t been that enjoyable standing at intersections directing traffic.

Members of the Estevan Police Service made an arrest for possession of stolen property on Monday. Police arrested a 31-year-old man from Rimbey, Alta., on the stolen property charge. The male also had warrants of arrest that were outstanding.

Trina Hansen-Flath is in a new round in the Inked Magazine Cover Girl contest, but the result, so far, has been the same.