Battlefords News-Optimist

One of 15 'no' votes

There were 109 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 50,465.

There may be a resolution in the case against a man charged in connection to a police raid north of Biggar last year where an RCMP officer was shot. Kurt Miller, 39, is facing numerous weapons and drug-related charges.

A GoFundMe page has raised $92,570 for the family of a Battlefords man who died following a battle with COVID-19.

Unity News

A wide range of concerns were discussed Wednesday night as Living Sky School Division board met the area’s Saskatchewan Party MLAs.

There are no new leads in the suspicious death of a man whose body was found near Onion Lake Cree Nation in March 2020. David Jonas Tobac, 24, was reported missing to Lloydminster RCMP on Feb.

The young individual who runs a popular rock and gem museum in Radisson has just published a new book. The individual is Judah Tyreman, who runs the Sesula Mineral and Gem Museum in Radisson. He started up the museum at just 11 years old.

Battleford council has given its approval for another discretionary use permit for the residential care home for Eagle’s Nest Youth Ranch in Battleford. The application was for their existing group home at 61-28th Street West, which houses six youth.

A 24 year old released in January after contracting COVID-19 at Saskatchewan Penitentiary (Sask. Pen) in Prince Albert described a recent outbreak at the institution as “inevitable.