Battlefords News-Optimist

The Office of the Northern Medical Health Officers for the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority have declared the outbreak of COVID-19 in Beauval as over.

Premier Scott Moe said during a press conference on Tuesday there is no place for racism in Saskatchewan as a peaceful protest took place outside the legislature.

At the daily COVID-19 update in Regina Tuesday, reporters grilled Premier Scott Moe for not attending a rally held at the legislature earlier in the day.

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report on June 2, and the provincial total remains at 646. Of the 646 reported cases, 33 are considered active. Fourteen more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 602.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a host of local closures, cancellations, and postponements of activities in the Battlefords.

One of the biggest events of the summer in Saskatchewan, Country Thunder in Craven, has been cancelled for 2020 due to COVID-19.

It is that time of year when the endangered burrowing owl returns to the Prairies after a long migration from its wintering grounds in Texas and Mexico. But it’s no time to rest. After migration, the owls are busy.

Two drivers were charged near North Battleford between May 29 and 30 as a result of speeds in excess of 50 km/hr over the applicable speed limit. On May 29, at approximately 6:11 p.m.

A Bear Creek man charged with murder had his first court appearance in La Loche Provincial Court June 1. Bartholomew Herman, 45, is charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of 28-year-old Ty Armand Lemaigre.

There’s more time to spare these days. Perhaps boredom is sinking in and people are craving company. For some, that comes in the form of foxes.