Battlefords News-Optimist

Dear Editor I've said no more toilet paper jokes, but the following incident actually happened in, I think, the 1930s. Our neighbour to the east hitched up a team of horses to haul a load of grain to Waseca.

A Prince Albert man facing drug trafficking and weapons charges hasn’t been released on bail after having another show cause hearing. Kevin Ackegan, 40, appeared in Prince Albert Provincial Court again on May 1 for another show cause hearing.

Submitted Every spring, black bears and other potentially dangerous animals – such as cougars – move around to establish new territory and look for food.

Scammers are taking advantage of people’s anxiety and fear during a highly stressful time for Canadians.

May 4 to 10 is Mental Health Week in Canada and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) released some data on how people are feeling during a global pandemic.

The town of La Ronge stepped in line with its neighbours on Sunday as council voted to request that the province include it in travel restrictions for the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD).

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Submitted by SHA An individual at the Meadow Lake Co-Op Service Centre has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).

The first day of Re-Open Saskatchewan saw the largest increase in reported COVID-19 cases in the province since the pandemic began. There were 34 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Monday, the highest since the 33 cases reported on March 22.

A trial was set to start April 29 in Pelican Narrows Circuit Court for a Sandy Bay man charged with second-degree murder but it didn’t go ahead. Thomas Johnny Bernard Ross, 31, was arrested in February connection to the death of Darnell Bear, 33.