Estevan Mercury

We hear a lot about COVID fatigue. Frankly, most people were suffering from COVID fatigue back around March 31, less than three weeks after the virus was first diagnosed in Saskatchewan.

One ice plant is being shut down in Estevan for the season, and another is scheduled to come offline at the end of the month.

There are 180 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Feb. 10, bringing the provincial total to date to 25,843 cases. Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. The deaths were reported in the Saskatoon zone.

It started innocuously enough: a press release from the city came out Wednesday, saying that Perkins Street would be closed from First Street A to Fourth Avenue. At this time of year, it’s not uncommon to have a road closed due to a water main break.

​The Saskatchewan Health Authority is advising residents of Arcola and the surrounding area that the disruption to emergency and acute care services at the Arcola Health Centre will be lifted, effective 7 a.m. on Feb. 19.

There’s going to be another Dutka playing basketball at Medicine Hat College in the 2021-22 season. Kyler Dutka, a six-foot-six forward from Bienfait, has committed to play for the college’s Rattlers men’s basketball team.

Dave Carriere says his lucky number has been seven. His wife Shanna’s lucky number is four. But now they have a new lucky number: 37.

Residents of the White Bear First Nation have started to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. A vaccination clinic started Monday at the Four Nations Care Lodge. The clinic was by appointment only, and for on-reserve members.

The Grades 4 and 5 students at Pleasantdale School were excited to be part of this year’s Cupid’s Cuties Valentine’s Day promotion that appears in this week’s edition of the Estevan Mercury.