Battlefords News-Optimist

A North Battleford man arrested by the RCMP Gang Task Force pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and weapons charges. Trevor Cummer, 39, entered guilty pleas in North Battleford Provincial Court Jan.

Submitted “We received some funding and I was thinking of different ways we could use it that would help us to support the community.

Alongside Canada’s national flower, sport, symbol and bird, is a national animal that is often forgotten. Canada’s national horse, Le Cheval Canadien , is in danger of disappearing.

I still remember the thrill I felt when our children and then our grandchildren proudly spouted: “One, two, three … seven, eight, nine, ten.” Since we are officially bilingual in Canada, all three of them also touted “Un, deux, trois….

Like almost every other public event since COVID-19 hit in March, 2020, the Saskatchewan Industrial & Mining Suppliers Association Inc. (SIMSA) had to put off its regular October Oil & Gas Supply Chain Forum.

The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority’s public health officials announced a COVID-19 outbreak in the community of Black Lake First Nation on Jan. 17.

Submitted Battleford artist Lyndon Tootoosis has received a $16,000 Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists grant from SK Arts to create six large sculptures sharing Indigenous beliefs and customs pertaining to mourning and loss, which are shared with the

Dear Editor I’d like to take this moment to say that I am truly unhappy with the decision made to knock the old Saskatchewan Hospital down. It was built sometime between 1911-1913 and has been made a place of memories for so many people.

Dear Editor To the community: I think we should reopen the Radisson hall because it is good for group gatherings. People could go there and fix it up and clean it. They could go and just re-do it all, but it definitely should be opened.

There hasn’t been much good news this season for the Battlefords North Stars, but they did receive a much needed dose of it on Friday.