Battlefords News-Optimist

Ottawa’s newly announced policy on thermal coal is a clear signal that Alberta’s Coalspur Mines and its Vista mine expansion plans are up in smoke.

Warning: This story contains details that may provoke distress or trauma in some readers.

A man who escaped police custody at the Biggar Hospital pleaded guilty today in North Battleford Provincial Court to weapons and theft charges.

Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre held their first door-to-door vaccine clinic on June 3 and 4. The goal of the mobile clinic is to provide people access to readily available vaccines.

Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre held their first door-to-door vaccine clinic on June 3 and 4. The goal of the mobile clinic is to provide people access to readily available vaccines.

An Estevan man facing numerous child porn charges elected to be tried by provincial court judge.

Six people accused of assaulting a man and pointing a firearm at him in Buffalo Narrows appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court.

Vaccines Reported An additional 15,212 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 860,651.

Letter to the Editor

If there was a time to follow the oft-used phrase about placing proverbial eggs in many baskets, former farmer Tim Shultz figures year one of the COVID-19 pandemic was it.