Battlefords News-Optimist

Ranching along a river has its ups and downs. This year is a down year, with major flooding impacting ranches in northwestern Saskatchewan.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reminding Saskatchewan residents to not let their guard down when it comes to COVID-19.

A lawyer representing a Prince Albert man charged with the murder of his parents and son, and the attempted murder of his daughter, asked the court for an adjournment.

At his latest update news conference on COVID-19, the province’s chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab expressed condolences on the province’s 15 th death from the coronavirus. The death was of an individual from the far north in their 20s.

The City of North Battleford has announced the boat launch is closed effective immediately. It is due to the high water levels and additional debris in the river as well as rapid currents.

A resident in the North who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The individual was in their 20s. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 15. There is one new case of COVID-19 to report on July 7, bringing the total to 806 cases.

No prisoners were released early from Saskatchewan jails during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the province.

Regina – You don’t use your furnace much in spring or summertime, and as a result, SaskEnergy has not seen much of an impact on its demand for natural gas since the COVID-19 crisis that took hold in mid-March.

On July 4 at 8:30 p.m., Maidstone RCMP were dispatched to a missing tuber that was floating down the Battle River south of Waseca. Missing was an 18-year-old male from Lashburn, who got separated from friends when a storm rolled in.

CALGARY — A Paradise Hill man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trail would operate on him days later.