ESTEVAN - The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs football team battled Vanier to a 12-12 tie Oct. 1. Not only was it the first draw in the 13-year history of the program, but it appeared to be the first overtime deadlock in the history of the Moose Jaw High School Football League.
The Deep Earth Energy Production Corp. has announced that former Estevan resident Kirsten Marcia, who is their president and CEO, earned the 2022 Canada's Clean50 Award for her leadership in the category of renewable energy.
Firefighters battled a big wildland fire on Oct. 3. It occurred just outside of the city limits, about a kilometre west of Highway 47 on Highway 18 and was threatening some structures and livestock. Fortunately, crews were able to quickly bring the fire under control and extinguish it.
The Estevan Eclipse Downhole Solutions U18 AAA Bears got their first win of the season. They beat the Tisdale Trojans 7-1 and set franchise records for goals in a game and largest margin of victory.
The Warm Welcome Kitchen started the new season Oct. 19 and announced a new co-ordinator, Aleksandra Szlapacka.
Estevan’s Jayden Dudas was named the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Male Golfer of the Year and the Male Golf Rookie of the Year. He later won the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association men's championship.
A former Stoughton resident, Monique Regier, competed in a team of three on a Halloween-themed edition of the Food Network's Big Bake Show. The episode aired on Oct. 18.
The Estevan Chamber of Commerce opted for a new way to appreciate Estevan businesses. This year, instead of hosting the Estevan Business Excellence Awards ceremony, they decided on a selection of videos.
The carbon capture and storage facility at SaskPower's Boundary Dam Power Station came back in service, after an unplanned outage that occurred in July due to a failure in the compressor motor.
The ECS Elecs were defeated by the Weyburn Comprehensive School Eagles in the annual Co-op Challenge volleyball series between the two schools. Weyburn won all four matches in the series.
The annual Run the Course fundraiser for Fresh Air Fitness took place at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course on Oct. 16. Forty-three people registered for the fun run-walk.
It was a milestone year for the United Way Estevan's Telethon, and the community showed its generosity for the fundraiser once again. The organization's 45th annual Telethon, held Oct. 15-16, went off the air with a total of $359,347 in pledges. The United Way also eclipsed the $10 million mark in cumulative funds raised since the United Way’s inception in the 1960s.
The Rural Municipality of Enniskillen acquired property at 119 Railway Avenue in Oxbow, which will become a primary health and wellness centre.
The Million Dollar Auction was a collaborative effort between the Estevan Mercury and Golden West Radio that attracted lots of interest and celebrated businesses on Oct. 21. People who gathered for the auction used promotional cash accumulated since early September to bid on great items supplied by local businesses.
The Estevan Writers Group celebrated their 35th anniversary on Oct. 28 with an event at Michael’s Coffee House.
Heritage Saskatchewan announced the winners of the 2021 Heritage Awards. In the Intangible Cultural Heritage category, Garrick Schmidt, an educator from the White Bear Education Complex, won for his Land Based Learning and Southeastern Saskatchewan project. In the public outreach category, the late Adrian K. Paton, who lived in Arcola, won for An Honest, Genial and Kindly People – A Private Collection of First Nations Photographs from the Turn of the Century in Southern Saskatchewan.
Jody Waloshin was named the Coach of the Year by Softball Saskatchewan on Oct. 25.
Southern Plains Co-op held its annual Trail of Terror at the Woodlawn Regional Park on Oct. 29, and an estimated crowd of 1,500-2,000 people attended.
The Estevan Meter U13 AA Bruins won the Estevan Minor Hockey Association's annual U13 AA tournament. The Bruins defeated the Regina Tigers 8-2 in the gold medal game.
Ryder Raynard and Cash Saxon travelled to Linda's Speedway in Jonestown, Pa., in late October for the slingshot world championships. Raynard won the junior slingshot feature on Oct. 31, becoming the first Canadian to ever win a feature at the track. Saxon won the hard charger award for the second feature Oct. 30.
