Estevan Mercury

Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died: one individual in their 60s from the far northwest and an individual in their 50s from the northeast. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 27.

The editor: So, we’ve seen a number of elections taking place recently - provincial elections around the country, including here in our own province. The closest is obviously our local municipal elections.

The 2020-21 Big 6 Hockey League season opened on Friday night with three games.

The Estevan Police Service has charged a 25-year-old Estevan man under the Public Heath Act, following a gathering on Halloween.

The Estevan Bruins scored three times in the third period to rally from a 3-1 deficit and defeat the Melville Millionaires 4-3 Friday night in Melville.

The New Democratic Party (NDP) is alleging the Saskatchewan Party government has been holding back on measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 until after the election was over.

The Estevan Police Service has released the names of five people charged with alleged impaired driving-related offences last month. On Oct.

The auditorium at the Southeast College’s Estevan campus hosted an excavator this week, and a dozer, and an articulated dump truck. And yet no diesel was consumed, nor ground disturbed.

Three significant fires posed a threat to different communities in the southeast over the past few days. Estevan firefighters assisted with battling the flames alongside local fire departments in Bienfait, Torquay and in the Alameda area.

If ever we’d had an unusual Thanksgiving holiday weekend, it was this year. While we traditionally celebrated with three families together (son and family, nephew and his wife and Hubby and I), this year the meals were spread out over the weekend.