Battlefords News-Optimist

The biggest challenge facing the Battlefords North Stars this season seems to be just being able to get the club on the ice to play a game. It now looks unlikely they will host the Flin Flon Bombers on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Civic Centre.

Four residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One resident in their 60s from the Far North East zone. One resident over the age of 80 from the North West zone. One resident in their 60s from the North Central zone.

This has not a normal year for many local and provincial organizations. This includes the Municipalities of Saskatchewan, who are taking their yearly regional meetings online for this year.

Victory is always sweet in municipal politics, said Mayor Duane Favel, and this year, victory has meant starting his fifth term as leader of the Northern Village of Île-à-la-Crosse.

The Battlefords AAA Sharks began their female U18 hockey regular season this past weekend, with a home and home series with the Prince Albert Northern Bears.

I (and a lot of other people) am groaning today, “Oh, if we only could go to church tomorrow, I miss my friends!” Here in British Columbia, as well as in many parts of Canada and, I assume around the world, all social gatherings are banned (unless th

Two U18 games scheduled for this past weekend between the Battlefords AAA Stars and Tisdale Trojans were cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols. The games had been scheduled for Saturday night at the Civic Centre and for Sunday in Tisdale.

Living Sky School Division is reporting two more cases of COVID-19 in their school division as of the end of last week. In a news release Nov.

A fundraiser on the GoFundMe platform for a young Lashburn individual has already reached its goal. The fundraiser was been created for Kieran Highton of Lashburn, who was critically injured in an automobile accident on Nov.

There are 236 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on November 22, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 6,473 cases.