Battlefords News-Optimist

The court process began Tuesday morning for Shayla Orthner, charged with first-degree murder in the death of Tiki Laverdiere. Orthner is also charged with kidnapping, improperly interfering with a human body, and vehicle theft.

Paul Craig, volunteer, was busy watering at the Battleford Memorial Rose Garden Sunday. It’s been a good year for the garden, he says, and it’s at one of its best times right now.

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Reprinted from the Wilkie-Unity Press-Herald On Amazon, the prelude to The Witty Widow states, “If you’re reading this book, you either A) like a good laugh, whether it comes laughing with me or at me, or B) joined a club you wish you weren’t a membe

Saskatchewan Skies

Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit North have arrested and charged a 27-year-old female in relation to the homicide investigation of Tiki Brook-Lyn Laverdiere and officers expect to make additional arrests in the coming weeks.

CNW– SaskTel workers have given Unifor's bargaining team a strong mandate to take strike action if necessary. “Our members have made their intentions very clear with this vote,” said Chris MacDonald, Unifor’s assistant to the national president.

CNW - The Canadian Space Agency and the University of Calgary, along with other partners, announced that they will develop Canada’s contribution to the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission.

CNW - The Government of Canada has released an initial list of designated regions in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec where livestock tax deferral has been authorized for 2019 due to extreme weather conditions.

Kim Sherman was 13 years old and Maymont's Star Phoenix paperboy on July 20, 1969, when the Apollo moon landing took place. He recalls the event was of great importance as the headline was printed in red, he says. Photo submitted