Battlefords News-Optimist

Water Security Agency is updating the High Streamflow Advisory for the Churchill River System to include additional details. The high flow event making its way down the Beaver River is resulting in increasing flows below Green Lake.

CNW - The story of Sir John Franklin's 1845 quest for the Northwest Passage with HMS Erebus and HMS Terror continues to captivate the imagination of many here in Canada and around the world.

Saskatchewan Provincial Parks is opening the rest of its camping inventory for the peak summer season.

The city’s COVID-19 re-opening plan was the subject of a special meeting of city council Thursday evening.

Submitted by World Animal Protection As the economy starts to reopen and we approach our "new normal", some may already be thinking about their next travel adventure and the possibility of getting up close to wild animals or seeing them perform.

Last November, University of Saskatchewan student Jill George’s father saw a moose step across the back lot of the family’s acreage near Meadow Lake. Her brother hurried after it, hopping on a quad and shooting the animal in the bush.

Tuesday night, Loon Lake RCMP announced they were actively involved in a search for a missing youth on Makwa Lake. The public was asked if they were boating on the lake to avoid the south east area.

Battlefords RCMP are reporting they have taken a number of complaint calls from the public about an attempted scam in the area.

Here are some highlights from today’s COVID-19 news conference in Regina: Concerns about the pandemic situation south of the border were clearly evident in Premier Scott Moe’s remarks to reporters Thursday.

There are three new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 25, 2020, bringing the Saskatchewan total to 759 cases.