Battlefords News-Optimist

Spring is slamming the door on another season of international big game hunting.

The Métis Nation of Alberta and Treaty 6 First Nations have denounced the Alberta government's proposed K-6 curriculum due to its erasure of Indigenous history.

The homeless population in the northern Saskatchewan Town of La Ronge was left in limbo as emergency funding ended for short-term winter shelters at the Drifter’s Motel and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s Kitsaki Hall.

Regina – Schools in Regina, the area around that city and east to Whitewood, as well as southeast Saskatchewan have announced they are going to remote learning until April 23.

Charges were withdrawn against a woman accused of participating in the assault and robbery of a Meadow Lake man.

Here are highlights from the Sask. Health Authority news conference in Regina Thursday with health minister Paul Merriman, SHA CEO Scott Livingstone and chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab.

A trial has been set for a Macklin man sitting in jail for more than a year after three of his scheduled trials were halted or adjourned. Drayden Clinton, 25, had three trials set in 2020.

Regina – After a year of being cooped up, and told to minimize travel, the prospects of spending some time at the lake might seem pretty good right about now.

Unity News

It is a melancholy time for longtime supporters of the old Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford as demolition work now shifts focus to the main structure itself.