Battlefords News-Optimist

There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 20, bringing the total to 962 cases. The new cases are located in the Central (8), Saskatoon (5), South (5) and North (1) regions.

A definite advantage of this pandemic situation is the number of ways in which we are learning more and more about unity; I know there are riots and protests but I’m talking about our town and, in particular, our local neighbourhood.

​The Saskatchewan Health Authority is issuing an advisory after confirmation that an individual who was at a business in Cut Knife tested positive for COVID-19 during the time when they were likely infectious.

There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 19, bringing the total to 943 cases. The new cases are located in the Central (4) and Saskatoon (1) regions.

Powwows have been cancelled across Turtle Island due to gathering restrictions related to COVID-19. Dancers and drummers are missing the powwow trail and so are hand game and stickgame players.

The News-Optimist is saddened to hear of the death of a long time contributor, Inez B. Nordstrom, who passed away at St. Paul's Hospital, Saskatoon, on Friday, July 10, 2020 at the age of 95.

The mushrooms that seem to magically appear almost overnight in our lawns are the fruiting bodies of a fungus. Fungi cannot manufacture their own food and must obtain it from an external source.

There are six new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 18, bringing the total to 941 cases. The new cases are located in the North (1), Central (1), South (3) and Saskatoon (1) regions.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for a North Battleford man charged in connection to the murder a 22-year-old woman earlier this year. Keenan Mirasty, 22, is charged with second-degree murder for the death of Sequin Mooswa.

A rare find in southwestern Manitoba – modified bison shoulder blades – may lead to knowledge about a pre-contact agrarian Indigenous society in southwestern Manitoba.