Estevan Mercury

Members of the Estevan Police Service made an arrest for an assault with a weapon on Dec. 30. Police received a report of a disturbance in the Pleasantdale area. Officers attended and arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with the incident.

Provincial health orders that came into effect or were extended on Dec. 17 limited what we could do during the Christmas holidays and into 2021. If you were hoping to watch a hockey game early next year, forget it.

Cheers: Cheers to Tim Pippus’ column in the Estevan Mercury. You don’t have to be a member of his church to find his words helpful and encouraging to people during this time. Cheers to St.

Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, according to information from the Ministry of Health released Dec. 30.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support Rod Gust, a local man who has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Darin Schlingmann organized the campaign, called One Last Chance for Rod Gust.

Carlyle RCMP is investigating a theft of a truck. Carlyle Detachment received a call of a stolen Ford F150, white pick-up truck. Vehicle may be south of Redvers, possibly in the Alida area. Sask Licence Plate #922 JGE.

From city projects to fundraisers, celebrations to elections, and economic development to a pandemic, there was a lot that happened in Estevan in the past 12 months. Here are our choices for the top 10 stories of the year: 1.

The sports scene in southeast Saskatchewan started like any other in 2020, with plenty happening in the first two months. Then COVID-19 hit, scuttling many events and changing others. Still, there were plenty of highlights this year.

Most years, I’ve penned an opinion piece of why I’m looking forward to the following year. It’ll have the reasons you’d expect. Coming events. Fundraisers. Hockey games. Cool stories. Maybe an election.

This year was indeed a different one. While the pandemic was already starting in China at the beginning of 2020, there weren't many signs of it on this side of the ocean.