Battlefords News-Optimist

The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has been pushing the province to commit additional funds for COVID-19 response throughout the length of this fall legislative session. Tuesday, Dec.

RCMP arrested three people and are searching for four more suspects, whose identities are yet unknown to police.

On Tuesday, Dec.r 8, between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., Meadow Lake RCMP received two reports of an armed robbery in the Green Lake area and another report of an armed robbery in the Meadow Lake area.

More than 20 years after she became the longest-serving woman in her firehall, Michelle Vandevord of Muskoday First Nation is the first female president of the Aboriginal Firefighters Association of Canada (AFAC).

A former student of a U.S. band teacher - who is a music director for the North Battleford Kinsmen Band – was awarded $2 million Dec. 4 in her sexual abuse civil lawsuit against a Washington school district and former band teacher Michael Alstad.

As if Saskatchewan needed any more nonsense in the year 2020, now the power’s gone out at the legislature.

On Dec. 6, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Stanley Mission RCMP responded to the report of a 37-year-old male snowmobiler who went missing on Lac La Ronge.

Six residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Five of these individuals were in their 80s, from the North West (1), Regina (3) and South East (1) zones. One individual in their 30s was from the North Central zone.

On Sunday, Dec, 6, shortly after 12:30 a.m., Big River RCMP responded to the report of a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle on the Big River First Nation. Upon arrival at the scene, officers located an unconscious 37-year-old man on the roadway.

A new report released recently on the impact of climate change on the country’s Prairie provinces shows the region is highly vulnerable to climatic shifts, and preparedness is, in many cases, lacking.