Opinion

This week I started working from home. Not that there are too many of us the Mercury office (hardly any), but we all are trying to follow the recommendations while still serving our readers and our community.

We fought beside them in World War I, World War II, and Korea. We were among the first with boots on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11 and stayed over a decade. But when the COVID-19 crisis hit, we found out where we stand with the U.S.

COVID-19 has altered the world forever. Though this menacing virus will eventually languish into history, we’ll be coping with the aftereffects of the pandemic for the stretch ahead.

The announcement regarding the government’s social services pandemic response plan was not received well.

It was another bizarre week in Saskatchewan politics. The Sask. Party had to make some moves to get with the times when it comes to dealing with the crisis we find ourselves in, and they fell short.

When Henry Harrod opened a restaurant in the little town of Otorohanga, N.Z., he had no idea that he was about to start an international incident.

Cheers: Cheers to all of the hearts that we’re seeing in people’s windows, or on streets or sidewalks, and for the hearts from local businesses that appeared in this week’s edition of the Estevan Mercury.

Another week passes and we haven’t shaken the worldwide pandemic known as COVID-19, which continues to assert its firm grasp on economies across the globe. We are officially in the thick of it.

Professional geologist Steve Halabura talks about other geological prospects for Saskatchewan

One of the recurring concerns we’ve heard since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Saskatchewan last month has been the need for more information.