Estevan Mercury

While many people are excited about the upcoming Christmas holidays, quite a few of us may feel down since this holiday season will be pretty different from what we are used to.

I feel more confident about the future of Estevan than I did at the start of the year.

The fire department for the Town of Midale and the RM of Cymri has been fundraising for a new fire hall. Laverne Hockey, who is the chief for the department of 14 members, said they have raised about $100,000 already, and their goal is $600,000.

At the start of the fall, when the Community Hamper Association started accepting applications for Christmas 2020, they expected it was going to be a record-setting year. It certainly proved to be the case.

Three residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. All three deaths were in the 80-plus age group. One in the northwest zone and two are in the Regina zone. There are 181 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Dec.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce has developed the Training and Employment Network (TEN) to provide support to communities and companies to integrate Indigenous, immigrant, youth, and women workers into the l

Members of the Canadian Tire team show off their new sweaters which they received from the Estevan store. The team was competing in the house league of the atom division.

DeAnna Lyke, a horsewoman from Stoughton, has started a fun new activity for people and their horses this winter that she is calling 'Equi-cise' Lyke has been involved in horses her entire life; she runs her own business called On Board Equine Servic

Entering the Christmas season, we knew the organizations that assist others in the community were going to face a greater need than ever before. We just didn’t know how great the need would be.

The physical distancing rules might have put a pause on many activities, but if anything they only boosted people's creativity.