Battlefords News-Optimist

A bail hearing for an alleged Westside Outlaws street gang member was adjourned in Lloydminster Provincial Court Jan. 11. North Battleford resident Tonia Cantel, 22, has been held in custody since her arrest on Nov. 20, 2020.

As of January 12, a total of 9,880 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan.

Now close to the middle of a new month and into a new decade, I’ve begun seeking out, duplicating and sorting pictures I have collected over the years. Of particular interest was an aged (almost as aged as I am) picture of me and my oldest brother.

A woman accused of abducting a four-month old baby boy was released from custody after appearing in Melfort Provincial Court on Jan. 7.

Final numbers are in for building permits in North Battleford, with the city ending the year on a notable upswing in December. The month saw seven permits issued for $601,600, up from four permits for $53,000 in Dec. 2019.

There is still plenty of Sask Lotteries money available for North Battleford if any groups are interested.

Sentencing for a former Saskatchewan music teacher convicted of sexually assaulting students has been delayed. Gerard Loehr, 57, was scheduled to be sentenced in Wynyard Provincial Court in January but the matter was adjourned to Feb. 22, 2021.

As the leadoff speakers in the CropSphere zoom online conference on Jan. 12, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau and Saskatchewan’s Premier Scott Moe announced $9.

Dear Editor I am not much of a big box store shopper, but six days after Remembrance Day 2020 I went into one to look for a certain item. Well, well. “Joy to the World” was blasting over the sound system. The Lord is come? I couldn’t find the item.

Dear Editor This is a portion of the verse printed on the Statue of Liberty in the United Sates of America: “ ... Your huddled masses yearning to breath free ... ,” 1886. “I can’t breath, I can’t breath ... .