Battlefords News-Optimist

An individual involved in a high-speed chase outside the Battlefords has been sentenced to six months less remand time.

After the delay of races at Saskatoon’s Wyant Group Raceway for two straight weekends, due to the weather, the race officials were determined to have the day go ahead even though the day started with snow.

Battleford tax discounts came up again in council, and they’ll be lower in 2019. In 2018, the Town offered the following tax discounts: eight per cent in Janury, seven in February, six in March, four in April, and two in May.

Onion Lake RCMP say an extensive investigation has led to sexual assault and other changes against a 17-year-old male in connection with a violent sexual assault that occurred June 2.

In the winter of 1911, lumberjacks brought a baby moose to Marcotte’s Hotel at Hudson Bay Junction located in northeast Saskatchewan. The hotel owner, Alcide Marcotte, obtained a government permit to enable him to keep the moose calf in captivity.

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Eat your food with joy and be glad you are alive “Some days you just need to be in a bad mood at harvest time,” Ed told me yesterday. My old neighbour in Saskatchewan was feeling more negative than positive about his progress with his combining.