Battlefords News-Optimist

The bid of the North Battleford Beavers to win their first North Saskatchewan River Baseball league title in over two decades has fallen short. Instead it is the Lloydminster Twins who are the champions, sweeping the Beavers in two games.

Despite speculation that the town of Battleford might resume full live council meetings this month, it has been announced they will stage another online meeting Monday night.

Highlights from Monday news conference

Two tough years prior to this year’s brisk sales

From the province: There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 17, bringing the total to 1,581 total cases. The new case is located in the South West zone. Of the 1,581 reported cases, 172 are considered active.

An Alberta man wandering around the fields and a gravel road with no shoes or shirt was arrested and charged after a vehicle was found torched south of Biggar. According to Cst. Mark Wright of the Biggar RCMP, on Aug. 1 at about 9:10 a.m.

If you could dive down to the ocean floor nearly 540 million years ago just past the point where waves begin to break, you would find an explosion of life — scores of worm-like animals and other sea creatures tunnelling complex holes and structures i

Living Sky School Division has provided an update to its return to school plans and mask protocols. The latest communication to parents came from board chair Ronna Pethick and director of education Brenda Vickers on Friday.

According to a recent poll conducted in our province, many people cited 2020 as the, if not one of the, worst years of their life. In all honesty, I’d have to say the same thing if one was basing that conclusion of the effect of the pandemic.

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