Battlefords News-Optimist

While COVID has caused many events to be cancelled in the past year by many organizations across the province, Saskatchewan Economic Development Alliance (SEDA) has gone digital to ensure their annual conference could go forward.

With the 2021 budget season coming fast and furious at local councils, COVID-19 is a concern as they plan for spending and earning in the coming year.

With demand growing worldwide for film and television productions, Saskatchewan should jump at the chance to capitalize on Canadian-made content, an industry lobby group said.

One resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. This individual was in their 60s from the Regina zone. There are 274 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on December 7, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 10,412 cases.

Local area First Nations continue to deal with cases of COVID-19, but there is a noticeable improvement compared to two weeks ago. Several were reporting either low or reduced numbers of active cases in the last several days.

Light of Christ school division is reporting two positive cases of COVID-19 in their school division last week. They report that as of Dec.

Living Sky School Division has confirmed more cases of COVID-19 within the division. On Dec. 4 they reported a case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in an individual in Unity Composite High School.

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced today that following successful negotiations, Canada will receive up to 249,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, contingent on Health Ca

This week I began to seriously sort out years of “stuff” knowing that sooner rather than later, Hubby and I will have to consider moving to a lower-maintenance residence. I don’t want to leave a lot of accumulation for our kids to sort out.

December is here .In spite of the parameters surrounding COVID-19 and staying safe, a positive and safe activity is decorating your home for the holiday season.