Battlefords News-Optimist

A Carlyle RCMP officer has been charged with one count, assault with a weapon (OC spray), section 267(a) of the Criminal Code, as a result of an investigation into a complaint. On Oct.

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) says it is pleased with Friday’s announcement by SaskTel and the provincial government to help further improve rural connectivity across the province.

SaskTel has announced it will invest an additional $50 million in its Rural Fibre Initiative, bringing its total investment to $100 million.

Where would you be going this summer if not for COVID-19? I was headed to Europe.

Non-profit music group SaskMusic is looking to help in further promoting Indigenous music and its artists of the province, where they hope to find a partner to organize a concert for next year especially with COVID restrictions easing up.

Cowessess First Nation Knowledge Keeper Florence Sparvier painfully recalled how she and other Indigenous kids were treated at the former Marieval Indian residential school on the Cowessess reserve in Marieval.

Cowessess First Nation shared the discovery of over 600 unmarked graves near the former site of the area’s residential school, where grave markers had been removed during a "dispute."

The province of Saskatchewan reported a record day in administering COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday.

From the SHA: As of JUNE 24, second dose eligibility is open to all residents 12+. You can receive your second dose 28 days from your first dose.

Vaccines Reported An additional 24,971 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,048,669.