Battlefords News-Optimist

Patio season is in full swing for craft breweries in Regina, which means another popular summer tourism booster is also back for another year: the Hop Circuit, featuring six local spots to enjoy a Saskatchewan pint.

The Wilkie and District Museum is hosting a motorcycle poker rally Sunday, July 25. What is a poker rally? Director of PR Phil Heilman explains. “It is essentially a motorcycle rally but with poker mixed in.

RCMP investigating theft activity are advising rural residents of Wilton RM to be on the look out for a green Nissan Pathfinder (SUV) with Saskatchewan licence plate 482MHF.

Phaedrus, a Roman poet born in 15 BC, once said, “Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.”It’s a true statement on many levels.

The City of Saskatoon council will begin its series of consultation meetings with Indigenous people and other members of the community as part of the process to rename John A. Macdonald Road.

Establishing an Independent Office of the Representative of the Matriarchs is being proposed by Saskatoon’s city council that aims to support Indigenous women and girls, and two spirit people.

Alberta RCMP responded to a report of multiple people walking with a firearm on 39 Street on the Saskatchewan side of Lloydminster on July 11.

A warrant was issued for a North Battleford man after he failed to appear in Saskatoon Provincial Court. Dean Spokes, 52, was out on custody after being arrested in May when multiple police detachments responded to a break and enter in The R.M.

Saskatchewan’s Catholic bishops, to fulfill the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, have made a new province-wide appeal in raising funds that would help the survivors and their respective communities.

City residents woke up to a thick haze early Friday morning as smoke from raging forest fires in the northern part of Saskatchewan enveloped Saskatoon, affecting the air quality.