Battlefords News-Optimist

The downtown revitalization and action plan was back up for discussion at North Battleford city council Monday evening. Council heard a presentation from City Planner Ryan Mackrell providing an overview of the work being done.

There were 1,957 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan - this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 24,575.

Charges have been dropped against a group of 11 people who were the first to be charged under the Saskatchewan Public Health Act during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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