Battlefords News-Optimist

The small community of Rosières-en-Santerre in France has a unique connection to Paynton, Saskatchewan. The French town is the final resting place for one of the many individuals from Paynton who died during the Great War.

Snow clearing of the streets is not letting up in North Battleford, not even for the Remembrance Day holiday.

Mayoral candidate Lois Laing has extended her congratulations to Mayor-elect David Gillan and the other winners in the election in North Battleford.

It was an exciting and perhaps even a surprising election night for David Gillan and his supporters Monday.

An Onion Lake man arrested by the North Battleford RCMP gang unit was sent to prison. Lyndon Belly, 34, pleaded guilty in Lloydminster Provincial Court to charges of resisting arrest and possession of cocaine.

Way back in March in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dan Kirkpatrick used directives for physical distancing to fulfil another directive: Remembering the soldiers who fought and died for Canada.

Each September, Ashala Daniel sows her fields with winter rye, hoping the seed takes root before the first snows fall. It’s a ritual that could help save the planet.

Saskatoon-based Royal Helium Ltd. is in the final stages of putting together a winter drilling program, according to president and CEO Andrew Davidson on Nov. 10.

Municipal elections were held — and in some cases, not held — throughout the northwest region of Saskatchewan on Monday. While some communities saw active races for mayor and council, a few did not.

There are 127 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on November 10, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 4,214 cases.