Estevan Mercury

Woodlawn Regional Park will once again be filled with magic this holiday season. The annual Festival of Lights will kick off on Dec. 18 and will keep going until Jan. 8 next year.

Larry Preddy, the co-owner of Henders Drugs, a strong community-minded volunteer and great Estevan supporter, was recently recognized by the Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association (SRPA).

While the new provincial restrictions announced on Friday may not be the best news, according to Estevan Chamber of Commerce president Jackie Wall, the local business community is pretty happy that the government has heard them and didn't bring in st

The new guidelines brought forward by the provincial government on Friday, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will have an impact on local schools, and the two school divisions in the southeast had already taken some pro-active measures.

It wasn’t a Remembrance Day service like people are accustomed to seeing, but the Estevan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion still found a way to host a ceremony this year. The event was held outdoors at the city’s cenotaph on Nov.

An ambitious fundraiser has been launched to help support a project that honours a doctor who was a big part of Midale area for decades. Jack Hilkewich and Murray Kerr launched the campaign, which can be found at https://www.gofundme.

On a day when Saskatchewan posted its second highest number of new cases of COVID-19 to date, Premier Scott Moe announced on Nov. 17 additional public health restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Estevan marked Canada Career Week early November 1991. Students in the area schools were invited to participate by writing essays.

A number of rural municipalities in the southeast corner of the province needed to have elections on Nov. 9. In the RM of Souris Valley No. 7, Garry Kuntz defeated David Pattyson 31-24 in the race to be the new councillor for Division 5.

The Bienfait Coalers continued their early season dominance of the west bubble in the Big Six Hockey League.