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Southeast College’s 2019-2020 full-time program schedule was recently updated due to lower student numbers than anticipated. The fourth class power engineering and welding applied certificate courses that were scheduled to start Sept.

Despite the somewhat unusual spring and early summer weather, in general, the soil in southeast Saskatchewan still has a descent amount of moisture. Except for a few pockets, most areas received some rain over the past month.

The McDonald’s restaurant in Estevan is celebrating the completion its new state-of-the-art dual-lane drive thru.

Estevan Chamber of Commerce decided to personally reach out to its members for involvement.

The finalists for Week 4 have been announced for the Pop In to Win promotion being offered by Estevan Mercury Publications and Power Dodge. People have been converging on businesses in the community that have a draw box for Pop in to Win.

Reaching back 162 years to the founding of the Richardson family business, the owners of Tundra Energy Marketing Limited, or TEML, have given it a new name – Kingston Midstream. Hartley T.

A electrician from southeast Saskatchewan is looking forward to taking on some of the best young people in the world in his field later this year.

Congratulations to Brandi Slager, who is the Carrier of the Month for the Estevan Mercury. Brandi says she enjoys delivering papers because she is then able to spend the money on her truck.

The carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station performed well after it came online again in May. It returned to service on May 7 after a 58-day maintenance outage.

Note: Long-time Estevan based regulator Dean Pylypuk was honoured as a Southeast Saskatchewan Legend on June 5 at the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Show in Weyburn. Pylypuk’s biography was read by Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre.