Battlefords News-Optimist

John Paul II Collegiate has announced they are selling t-shirts for $15 in commemoration of May 5 which is National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day.

A $2.3 million investment into the expansion of the Agri-Food Innovation Centre has been announced by the governments of Saskatchewan and Canada.

Responding to burgeoning public interest (courtesy of COVID-19), well-known Prairie naturalists Trevor Herriot and Myrna Pearman have produced Backyard Bird Feeding: A Saskatchewan Guide , just in time for spring .

Three people were arrested and $50,000 in drugs were seized following a traffic stop by Lloydminster RCMP General investigation Section and Crime Reduction Unit.

Dear Editor All winter the whittling went on, a slough here, a bush there. At times as much as half an acre was gained. But who cares about wildlife habitat? Then another death knell was accomplished by the aptly named SaskPower.

Premier Scott Moe laid out the details of the coming “road back to normal” Tuesday at the province’s news conference. Moe provided a re-opening road map on how they plan to lift the current public health orders in place in the province.

Two pharmacies offering appointments for vaccinations have been added to the Battlefords pharmacy pilot program. Newly added to the list are Walmart’s pharmacy and Remedy’s RX, 181A-22nd Street in Battleford.

Vaccines Reported An additional 9,924 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 460,747.

Saskatchewan is to get its first national museum, after the federal government earmarked funds in this year’s budget for Regina’s RCMP Heritage Centre.

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