Opinion

Cheers: Cheers to Josh LeBlanc, the committee members, the volunteers and everyone else who was involved with the Rafferty Rumble this past weekend. It was a fantastic weekend for Estevan and it brought a lot of people to the community.

It’s been a long time since the leader of one of the legitimate federal parties in Canada has been in Estevan.

Hear that? >Beep beep beep beep beep It’s the sound of the excavator moving to knock flat the official residence of the prime minister, 24 Sussex Drive. Or at least, it should be. You know, I used to run excavators.

Putting the 'us' in genero'us

How many people do you know who met their significant others online? As another friend of mine got married to someone he found in the global web, and one more just had the now-partner visiting from a different province, I started thinking if online-m

When the return of the Rafferty Rumble was announced last year, there were a lot of high hopes for the type of event it could be. After all, it wasn’t going to be just a street dance and a cabaret.

Hubby and I recently celebrated 51 years of marriage, a great accomplishment for any couple.

Pertinent topics, impertinent thoughts… If you drove through the Hillside subdivision of Estevan this week, you probably noticed the number of stop signs has grown considerably.

Cheers to the person who wrote the letter to the editor in the July 10 edition of the Mercury about the city’s spending habits. Taxpayers are on the hook again.

A few weeks ago, this editorial space was used to discuss the safety of the Estevan area in the wake of a series of violent and unfortunate incidents in the community.