Battlefords News-Optimist

Every year that we live brings us new happenings.

“I hear you’re having lots of cases of COVID-19 confirmed in British Columbia,” Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, said yesterday when we Skyped. “More than we want,” I answered.

By Arlene Walker Ivan Frigstad built a well-preserved log building located in Meota in about 1925. Frigstad was born in Norway in 1885 and emigrated to Iowa, then to Saskatchewan. He was a master log builder.

The union that represents Saskatchewan’s legal aid lawyers is calling on the federal and provincial governments to release non-violent inmates from prison and jail to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

Ministry, divisions developing education continuity plan

A Saskatchewan doctor who tested positive for COVID-19 says the only way to avoid the virus is to stay home. “I have learned that staying home is the only way to keep yourself safe,” said Dr. Jesse Melle in a Facebook post March 21.

All SARCAN Recycling locations across Saskatchewan, including North Battleford, have closed as of Saturday March 21. The announcement was posted on their Facebook page.

The province has announced that as of March 21 Saskatchewan has 17 new positive cases and one presumptive positive case, bringing the total to 44 cases. Of the 44, 25 cases are confirmed and 19 cases are presumptive.

They need to come up with a new word for it