Battlefords News-Optimist

One of the first things to miss when the garden is finished is the ability to just slip outside to get some fresh herbs.

The brand-new Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan is fielding candidates in several ridings in this election and one of them is Cut Knife-Turtleford. Richard Nelson is running as the party’s candidate there.

Saskatchewan Party candidate Ryan Domotor hopes to bring his vast background in municipal government to what he hopes will be a new role as MLA for Cut Knife-Turtleford.

Matt Fedler is back to take another shot at a political run, this time as the New Democrats’ candidate in Cut Knife-Turtleford.

Longtime North Battleford businessman Harry Zamonsky says he is running for a seat in the Legislature in 2020 for the Progressive Conservatives because he is “concerned regarding the general drift, to the left, of the political spectrum.

The Green Party candidate in the Battlefords is Joey Reynolds. Here is the party’s platform posted on his Facebook candidates’ page: We are dedicated to building a thriving and healthy Saskatchewan for our children and their children.

Battlefords NDP candidate Amber Stewart has been patiently waiting a while for the election to get under way.

It’s been a different campaign than expected for the Saskatchewan Party nominee in the Battlefords, Jeremy Cockrill. He won a contested nomination in late February and expected to hit the campaign running by knocking on doors and meeting people.

Using the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, a University of Saskatchewan -led research team has developed a method for monitoring uranium contaminants in mine tailings using samples from McClean Lake.

After a week where the province saw 260 new cases of COVID-19, on Friday, Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab broke down how there is a difference between urban and rural transmission events.