Battlefords News-Optimist

“It was hard to be content with our weather this week,” I told Ed yesterday. Every day that I wanted to get at trimming the shrubs around our condo building, the rain was determined to stop me and my electric clippers.

Community transmission alert regarding COVID-19

Mayfair News

North Battleford city councillors once again voiced concern at their meeting Monday about the issue of ravens in the city.

There are 42 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 23, bringing the total to 1,072 cases. The new cases are located in the South (23), Central (11), North (3), Far North (3) and Saskatoon (2) regions.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has issued a formal apology to the family of Samwel Uko for the events of May 21, 2020.

Unity News

Fred Curts is among the worthy inductees into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of a Fame and Museum. The 2020 Annual Induction is planned for Saturday, October 3, 2020, in Battleford, SK.

The City of North Battleford is changing all city water meters to Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) water meters, and on Monday they got an idea on how that process will unfold.

It’s been a bit tricky to come up with fresh ideas for columns during this COVID-19 business. There’s not much to write about when you spend your day hunched over a computer, or crawling through the garden weeding carrots.