Battlefords News-Optimist

Submitted Elections Canada is mailing a personalized voter information card to each registered elector. The card tells electors when and where to vote and has information about the accessibility of their polling station.

Submitted Monday, as the first pediatric surgery and outpatient clinics opened, Saskatchewan Health Authority began its first full day of operations in the province’s new children’s and maternal hospital.

Submitted Palaeontologists from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum spent the summer discovering new dinosaurs, marine reptiles and exciting Cretaceous amber. “It’s been an exciting year for the Royal Saskatchewan Museum with the opening of the CN T.

The superintendent of student services at Living Sky School Division has received a prestigious provincial honour. Nancy Schultz was selected as the 2019 Saskatchewan Caring Leadership Award recipient.

The North Battleford Comp Vikings rebounded from their previous week’s defeat to earn a win over Evan Hardy at Saskatoon Minor Football Field. The final score was 34-31.

Any voluntary increase in spending by the federal government would further exacerbate the deficit

Weyburn RCMP are currently on scene at a gas station in Stoughton to investigate the report of a pedestrian versus semi-truck collision that occurred at approximately 7 a.m. this morning. One woman is deceased as a result of the collision.

On Sept. 28, just after midnight, the La Ronge RCMP were called to a fatal collision between a pedestrian and a taxi cab on Highway 2 near the bingo hall in La Ronge.

More people are living in Saskatchewan than ever before, as the province’s population grew to 1,174,462 as of July 1, 2019, according to new figures released by Statistics Canada.

The season is under way for the Battlefords Sharks in female midget AAA hockey. But it could have been better for the Sharks as they opened regular season play in Gull Lake against the Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats.