Battlefords News-Optimist

Submitted The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, the national voice representing the interests of Métis, status and non-status Indians, and Southern Inuit Indigenous People living off-reserve, issued the following statement Monday: It is with great dism

On February 14, Warman RCMP received a request to investigate injuries sustained by a one-year-old child in Martensville. The request was made by one of the child’s parents.

The Saskatchewan Rush have announced they have signed their transition/defender Connor McClelland to a two-year deal. The news was made official Monday.

A man accused of modifying and trafficking weapons for street gangs has elected to be tried by judge alone.

On Friday, May 28, a 65-year-old male and a 73-year-old male travelled to the Porcupine Forest north of Kamsack. At 9:42 p.m.

Kamloops Residential School grave

On Sunday, May 30, around 5 p.m, Shaunavon RCMP was called to a recreation area near the hamlet of Simmie, where an adult male swimmer was reported to be in distress.

Vaccines Reported An additional 8,039 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 725,648.

Demand for the COVID-19 vaccine is high in both the Battlefords and throughout Saskatchewan. There have been long lineups and reports at various drive-through locations of clinics shutting down for the day after using all of their available vaccines.

Following the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation in British Columbia, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and the G