Battlefords News-Optimist

January 19, 1950, was a historic day in Canadian aviation. This date marked the inaugural flight of the first prototype of Avro Canada’s CF-100, the first fighter jet to be entirely designed and built in Canada.

Canadian Geographic and Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) have joined forces on a first of its kind podcast that hopes to breathe life into the endangered Michif language through a lens that is authentically Métis.

The small Saskatchewan town of Biggar made headlines in 2018 when the federal government approved the demolition of their CN Rail Station, which was designated a national heritage site in 1976.

During their last council meeting of 2020, members of Meadow Lake city council passed their 2021 budget.

The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) announced on Jan. 17 that they were ending the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak declared in Sturgeon Lake First Nation on Dec. 30, 2020. Dr.

Update: The scene has been cleared and traffic has returned to normal. Background: Battlefords RCMP investigating a vehicle/pedestrian collision on Territorial Drive near 8th Avenue.

Here are highlights of the latest COVID-19 update in Regina on Tuesday. Vaccines were a big focus of the latest news conference with Premier Scott Moe and chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab.

Big changes could be coming to the work of community safety officers in the future after a wide-ranging presentation before the City of North Battleford’s Planning Committee on Monday.

By Tuesday, Jan. 19, SGI Canada had already received 1,885 property claims as a result of the Alberta clipper storm that whacked southern Saskatchewan Jan. 13-14. That’s according to Tyler McMurchy, manager, media relations, with SGI.

The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts is teaming up with Battlefords Untapped for a podcast celebrating the artists in the Battlefords community.