Battlefords News-Optimist

From the province: There is an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 at the following location where a person or persons attended while infectious: May 9 – 16, 2021 – Event hosted by Generation NXT at 5 Cherry Lane, Riverside Estates, SK Individuals

From the province: On the evening of Tuesday, May 25, the Government of Saskatchewan website experienced an unplanned outage that affected some access to the Saskatchewan Big Game Draw and the Canadian Resident White-tail Deer Draw.

North Battleford council has awarded the tender for another contract in the massive sanitary sewer trunk main project.

Vaccines Reported An additional 4,654 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 669,847.

North Battleford city council has agreed to a new commemorative recognition policy to honour members of the community.

Anyone out there want some bricks from the old Saskatchewan Hospital? Now you can, as the North Battleford Waste Management Facility is selling bricks from the demolished hospital as a way to divert them from the landfill.

Battlefords RCMP need your assistance to identify four individuals (three males and a female) that were in possession of stolen vehicle while breaking into a industrial compound on Industrial Ave in North Battleford looting through vehicles on Monday

It seems every time the forecast calls for moisture, we are thwarted. The rain keeps moving elusively out of reach and our fields and pastures have become thirsty, desolate wastelands. That might be a touch melodramatic, but it’s close to the truth.

City council in North Battleford made a decision at Tuesday’s council meeting to uphold the demolition order on a dilapidated property at 1102 - 106th St.

At Tuesday afternoon’s latest COVID-19 update from Regina, Premier Scott Moe had some tough words for those refusing to get vaccinated.