Battlefords News-Optimist

Spiking gold prices could send junior miners to the hills in search of the metal. That’s because gold hasn’t reached these heights since 2011. After years of hovering at about $1,300 USD an ounce, it climbed to more than $1,800 USD this month.

Among Saskatchewan’s wind-swept, rolling prairies in the far south near the United States border, a tiny Jewish cemetery is one of the last markers of the Sonnenfeld Colony, a poor, Jewish farm colony whose members the government barred from owning l

On Friday the Federal Government announced that they will propose legislation that would make benefits available to more people with disabilities in Canada and expand a one-time payment that they announced last month.

The federal government announced Friday that they are officially extending the emergency wage subsidy program (CEWS) deadline to December.

The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency is advising that water levels are extremely high in many water systems in the far north.

There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 17, bringing the total to 936 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North (1), North (1), Central (8), South (1) and Regina (2) regions.

UPDATE: Ashley Gliege was located safe and sound. Battlefords RCMP wishes to thank the public for their assistance. BACKGROUND:On Thursday, July 16, a 30-year-old female was reported missing to the Battlefords RCMP.

Charles St. Savard of Edmonton appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court July 17 by telephone on first-degree murder and kidnapping charges in connection to the 2019 death of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere. St.

Over the past several months, the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit North (MCU-N) has continued to investigate the homicide of 26-year-old Braeden Alfred James Sparvier, of the Onion Lake Cree Nation.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is issuing an advisory after confirmation that a person visited select Regina businesses during the time when they were likely infectious with COVID-19.