Battlefords News-Optimist

On Jan 5, family members who had been searching locations around Rose Valley for a missing man located him deceased in a field in the Municipality of Bjorkdale.

Update : The Saskatchewan RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating two adult males who are believed to be involved in a shooting incident on Cochin Avenue in Meadow Lake on Jan. 4.

A woman arrested by the North Battleford RCMP gang unit failed to appear in court and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Cassandra Fox, 24, was scheduled to enter a plea and election in North Battleford Provincial Court on Jan. 6.

As of January 6, a total of 4,524 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan.

Gang activity continues to plague Onion Lake Cree Nation after street gang associates opened fire and shot at pursuing RCMP officers Jan. 1.

A trial for an Onion Lake woman charged with the first-degree murder and kidnapping of Tiki Laverdiere has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nikita Cook’s jury trial was scheduled to start Jan.

There is one word to describe the year of weather in the Battlefords and across Saskatchewan in 2020: “Heavy.” There was heavy rain, and also heavy snow at various times in the year.

As of January 5, a total of 4,254 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been provided in Saskatchewan.

By Jake Sojda, AccuWeather meteorologist Forecasters say true Arctic air is nowhere to be found over the next couple of weeks in the central and eastern United States and Canada.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Saskatchewan Agriculture Student Scholarship Program.