Battlefords News-Optimist

The Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival went ahead under unusual circumstances this year, with COVID-19 pandemic restrictions altering many aspects of the festival this year.

Vaccines Reported An additional 7,154 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 450,823.

Seed 2 Leaf Environmental Consulting Inc. of Cochin has announced they are supporting 150 youth this summer through Battleford Youth Soccer Association.

The owner, I assume, of a plumbing company advertised the business by posting a sign on the side of his truck that read: “There is no place too deep, too dark or too dirty for us to handle.

On Monday, May 3, Turtleford RCMP was advised of a theft of truck from a residence in Turtleford. The vehicle was taken during the evening of May 2. The vehicle is described as a 2011 Ford F150, quad cab, red in color.

Just after 1:30 p.m. on April 30, Big River and Spritwood RCMP responded to a complaint of a single vehicle rollover. On grid road 793, just west of Leoville, a vehicle was located near an abandoned railroad track, upside down and submerged in water.

Around 5:30 a.m. on May 1, Weyburn RCMP responded to a complaint of a single vehicle rollover seven miles East of Pangman along Highway 13. There was one occupant in the vehicle and he was deceased at the scene. He was a 29-year-old man of Ceylon.

Nominations have now closed for the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan election on May 29.

Meota News

According to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), on May 5, all provincial and territorial emergency management organizations will conduct public alerting tests in Canada, except for Ontario, Quebec, Nova-Scotia and