Opinion

The Editor, I am writing this letter in response to the absolute embarrassment that is the maintenance and upkeep of every green space in the city of Estevan.

So, I received a call from Estevan’s mayor last Friday. My first thought was that he was prepared to concede the next civic election to my ownself after reading last Wednesday’s column, or abdicate the throne immediately. No such luck.

Picture this: You arrive at the airport in Regina, you have a desire to explore southeastern Saskatchewan either for business or pleasure. You reach for a copy of this summer’s official South Saskatchewan Vacation Guide and begin to thumb through it.

It was just a little smoke ... or rather, a lot of wood smoke blanketing southern Saskatchewan like a million campfires.

Hi. My name is Jamie Harkins and I am the new sports reporter at the Estevan Mercury . I would like to be considered your contact for any stories or photo opportunities that may emerge from the Estevan sports world.

Ah…summer. A season yearned for by so many children. A seeming vastness of time that allows for endless possibilities. No longer bound by the same daily schedule there are opportunities for play, running free, and making up the day as they go along.

The other day as I was going through my Facebook newsfeed a video began playing, if you scroll by it the image rolls on without the sound so you can choose to watch or not.

‘Tis the season for sunscreen (or sunburns), hot dogs (I don't mean the kind left in a car) and bonfires. Summer is upon us and camping in Saskatchewan is in full force.

Communities-Please, chicken out of urban farming! Lynne Bell This April, Calgary city council voted down a proposed year-long pilot project in which egg-laying hens would be allowed in 20 of the city's neighbourhoods, effectively chickening out of ma

Governments get elected, but it may be more accurate to say that governments get unelected. In other words, one big problem for an incumbent government is that it is already being judged on its track record.