Battlefords News-Optimist

The province has announced in a news release that the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee and the Teachers’ Bargaining Committee have reached a tentative Provincial Collective Bargaining Agreement.

UPDATE: Meadow Lake RCMP advise that through further investigation it was determined charges in relation to this investigation pertaining to one of the people in the original release should not proceed and have been stayed.

As of April 22, Saskatchewan has six new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 326. Sixty-one of the cases are considered active. Nine more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 261.

On April 21, at approximately 6 p.m., Morse RCMP responded to the report of a serious two-vehicle collision approximately 17 kilometers east of Chaplin, on Highway 1.

Calling all private eyes

Packing plant closures can be disruptive and, for farming, disastrous. But they can be necessary to protect the public

Begins Tursday

A bail hearing for a man charged with drug trafficking and weapons-related offences was adjourned. Kevin Ackegan, 40, appeared in Prince Albert Provincial Court again on April 21. He has been in custody since his arrest Feb.

A Meadow Lake man has pleaded not guilty to 13 firearms-related charges and a trial is set. Lennex Merasty-Morin, 31, appeared in Meadow Lake Provincial Court April 20 and April 21 for a show cause hearing. He was granted bail and released April 21.

Local businesses have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but few have been hit as hard as the tourism industry.