Battlefords News-Optimist

Vaccines Reported An additional 4,247 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 155,754.

A resident of North Battleford has received a Royal Canadian Humane Association medal for bravery Mariano Ong, who is employed at Saskatchewan Hospital as a continuing care aide, was awarded in connection to an incident at the Hudson’s Pub in Saskato

Damage caused by a fire at Unity Composite High School turned out to be more extensive than expected for Living Sky School Division. The fire happened March 9.

Poundmaker Cree Nation wants to create its own police force to combat what they call a war on drugs. The band council passed a resolution to kick people off the Nation and declared a state of emergency on March 24.

Regina – The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is disappointed with the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling today, which found the federal government’s carbon tax constitutional, according to an emailed statement on March 25.

The latest focus of the local school divisions is the rollout of rapid COVID-19 testing in schools. The province recently announced that school systems will be rolling out the testing.

Ottawa – The governments of Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta suffered a defeat in their battle against the federal carbon tax on March 25 as the Supreme Court of Canada ruled 6-3 against their joint challenge.

Submitted by SHA Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is attempting to notify staff of possible exposure to COVID-19 at Orion Dental Group, 4109, 70 Avenue, Lloydminster, Alta.

Remember those signs at construction sites that state “men at work”? Those are not supposed to be posted anymore.

In the aftermath of the report released into the RCMP investigation of the death of Colten Boushie, the City of North Battleford has issued a news release denouncing racism.