Battlefords News-Optimist

In April the Lloydminster RCMP were involved in a cross border, intelligence led operation targeting street level organized crime and gangs and arrested approximately 40 people involved in gang activity.

The city of North Battleford is moving forward in addressing the issues with the Dekker Centre roof.

Vaccines Reported An additional 6,218 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 421,981.

The province has announced it is investing $1.5 million in the Community Airport Partnership (CAP) program for 2021-22.

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In another sign that spring has come, tennis courts are now open in North Battleford. That was confirmed by director of parks and recreation Cheryl DeNeire at city council on Monday. She confirmed the courts were open as of that day.

Saskatchewan 340 in the Hafford area has the dubious distinction of being listed among CAA’s top 10 worst roads in Saskatchewan.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the public of an increased risk of COVID-19 variants of concern in Rosthern, Osler and Hague.

Several police forces teamed up to arrest two people and seize a significant amount of methamphetamine, Fentanyl, and cocaine.

Submitted Kevin Gorski’s breakfast got extra interesting after he checked his Western 649 ticket and discovered he won $100,000 on the March 10 Extra draw. “I was eating breakfast and scanning a few tickets on the mobile app,” he said.