Battlefords News-Optimist

A man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jamey Leroy Roberts pleaded guilty on Feb. 4 in La Ronge Provincial Court to the lesser charge of manslaughter. Kane Lenard Roberts, 26, has been in custody since he was arrested Sept. 27, 2020.

New outbreaks in the North West zone have been added to the COVID-19 dashboard maintained by the Government of Saskatchewan. For the Battlefords, they include: Connaught Elementary School, Feb. 12 River Heights Lodge, Feb.

North Battleford RCMP identified the remains found in a burned out rural house on Jan. 19 as that of a Saskatoon man. The victim was identified as Jordon Daniel Boire, 29. He was reported missing to Saskatoon Police on Jan. 20.

There were 2,099 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 38,710.

What a crime victim told an emergency 911 operator during a violent home invasion will be used as evidence at trial, a Saskatchewan Provincial Court judge ruled Jan. 29.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, or perhaps because of it, Saskatchewan has seen a large spike in realty sales in January, 2021, compared to January, 2020, one of the last months before the pandemic took hold.

Saskatoon – The whole economy changed with the advent of COVID-19 in March, 2020. But prior to that, things were, well, more normal.

The furor over living conditions at Valleyview Towers II in North Battleford continues.

Third UK variant case reported

Glaslyn RCMP are reporting that on Feb. 2 they received a complaint of a break, enter and theft from what is described as a rural land location in the RM of Parkdale.