In the Community

The racist-induced incident reported in last week’s Mercury gained interest with the general public as well as with a couple of public agencies and their personnel. When Ashwani Kapoor and Neha Mugal encountered a harsh racist incident on Nov.

They made a commitment to provide $100,000 within three years for updated equipment in the local hospital’s operating room, and they are right on schedule and perhaps, just a little ahead of where they expected to be, heading into the second year of

Heralding the Christmas season are sounds: there's the chatter, verbal and scripted, of approaching craft sales; schools, service organizations, local business groups as well individual entrepreneurs post signs, print ads and broadcast their events.

The Estevan Police Association (EPA) is bringing a family variety night to Estevan, and there will be a ticket sponsorship campaign as part of the endeavour.

Creighton Lodge’s residents, staff, volunteers and trust committee have been waiting years for their expanded lounge to be constructed.

The thought of the world ending does not disturb me; the thought of living in these times does. It is with heavy heart that we watch the news during terror attacks and mini war flare-ups. Natural disasters are another page.

Most of the details have been completed now and the information released by the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation regarding their third annual Festival of Trees was even more positive than what was first reported last week.

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. If the Mayans have taught us anything, it is that if you don't finish something, it's not the end of the world.

Ah, Christmas. It's just around the corner and every part of me is beginning to feel the excitement. After all, there's something about this season that isn't present in quite the same way at any other time of the year.

The Estevan Mercury is sponsoring a Teddy Bear Toss, in support of the Salvation Army, for the third straight year. People are encouraged to bring a teddy bear to the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins game against the Kindersley Klippers on Dec.