Battlefords News-Optimist

UPDATE: As a result of the investigation into a shots fired incident April 28, the Battlefords RCMP have laid the following charges.

Even a COVID-19 lockdown was not able to stop an Edam resident from participating in a 100-mile running event a week ago. The event was the “Personal Peak - Quarantine Backyard Ultra.

I will be doing a series of articles profiling some movers and shakers in Canadian Allstar Cheerleading. Samantha Thomas, known as Sam, is the co-owner of CheerCore Inc in Collingwood, Ont., with a second gym location in Barrie, Ont.

Today, flags at all government buildings are lowered to half-mast from sunrise to sunset to mark the National Day of Mourning. April 28 was first declared as the National Day of Mourning by the Canadian Labour Congress in 1984.

An inquest into the death of a Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A coroner’s inquest into the death of Daniel James Tokarchuk was scheduled to be held in Prince Albert from April 27 to May 1.

Submitted For the past 22 years, the John Arcand Fiddle Fest has been a wonderful gathering of artistic talents and it has been such a pleasure each year to bring together music, dance, culture and art enthusiasts from across Western Canada, to facil

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Submitted Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation ha congratulated David Dekker, North Battleford, on winning the $1,000 Previous Purchaser draw made Friday, Apr 17.