Battlefords News-Optimist

The moon begins the year just past full phase. The next significant event is Jan. 11, when Venus is just 1.5 degrees north of Luna. Jan. 13, Jupiter is snuggled up close at three degrees north, but Jan 14, Mercury is even closer at two degrees away.

If you don’t like the money that comes from energy, try going without it. And by the way, you’re currently accepting a lot of it, which you might soon do without. That was the message Premier Scott Moe sent to the City of Regina on Jan.

A number of Saskatchewan crop organizations have given their stamp of approval to a resolution calling for farmers to receive credit for their efforts to remove carbon.

Submitted In December, Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation received a significant donation from a leading company in the financial services industry of The Battlefords, First Rate Financial Manulife Securities.

Update: North Battleford RCMP continue to work diligently to determine the circumstances of the structure fire at an abandoned residence that occurred on January 19, 2021, and left one individual deceased.

There were 2,658 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan - this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 24,575.

Canada’s three Prairie provinces are particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis, and now their governments are helping make climate data more accessible, according to the head of a new non-profit.

The City of North Battleford will be going through the city doing a physical inventory of the trash and recycling bins at each property. This will happen over the next few months.

On Wednesday, Jan. 19, at approximately 7:50 p.m., Battlefords RCMP received several 911 calls to Territorial Drive near the 8th Ave intersection for a pedestrian vs vehicle collision.

'Long-haulers' is the name coined to describe those who had COVID-19, have largely recovered and are no longer testing positive, but who are still experiencing a myriad of symptoms.