Estevan Mercury

If these past months of COVID-enforced semi-isolation have done anything, they’ve created in me an addiction to crossword puzzles. And, if doing crossword puzzles has reminded me of anything, it’s that words have various functions.

One resident aged over 80 from the Saskatoon zone who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 33.

Community Futures (CF) Sunrise has announced the launched of two new, loan-interest business microloans to help boost companies through challenging economic times, and to help entrepreneurs with new ideas start their ventures in the southeast.

A 19-year-old man who used to live in Estevan is facing charges in connection with an incident that led to a police presence in the 1400-block of Angus Street Tuesday evening in Regina. According to the Regina Police Service, at approximately 4 p.m.

As people head into the holiday season, the counsellors and staff at Envision Counselling and Support Centre are seeing families in crisis, so they came up with a way the community can help.

Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer presented new modelling of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan on Thursday.

The Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS) members were out in the community on several occasions this week. Monday afternoon crews were dispatched to a two-vehicle collision in the central are of the city.

There are 98 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Nov. 19, which brings the provincial total to date to 5,651 cases. Five of the new cases are in the southeast region. One case is in Zone 4, which includes Estevan.

One person is dead following the truck fire that occurred in Estevan on Wednesday night. Just before 11:30 p.m., Estevan RCMP received a report of a vehicle on fire with a driver trapped inside, near the Highway 39 bypass.

Glenn Gress’s first term as the president of 4-H Saskatchewan was so enjoyable and productive, it was decided that a second two-year term was in order.