Battlefords News-Optimist

COVID-19 outbreak causing concern

A Saskatchewan woman who stole back her freedom after being convicted for a murder she says she didn’t commit has been arrested in B.C. Nerissa Quewezance was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant since spring 2020 for parole violations.

On July 24, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Big River RCMP responded to a report of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 942, 2.5 kilometres north of the junction with Highway 55.

An estimated $325,000 was lost in Sunday morning’s structure fire at the 3400 block of 33rd Street West in Saskatoon. Fire investigators concluded their inquiry and the cause of the fire was undetermined.

Artistic Nomad Productions held their first backyard concert on July 14 featuring J. J. Voss.

Search warrants from Regina police last week resulted in the seizure of a large amount of drugs, and the arrest of three B.C. men on drug trafficking and firearm-related charges.

Vaccines Reported An additional 2,542 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,388,330.

Battlefords RCMP are investigating an allegation of abduction and assault with a weapon.

Saskatchewan’s burrowing owlsare reaching an important stage in their life cycle – the young are now starting to leave the burrow and forage for themselves.

Since Friday, more than 14,000 COVID-19 vaccinations were delivered in the province.