Battlefords News-Optimist

Tammy Lauinger, owner of Hollyhock’s Greenhouse is Unity, has been named the new president of the Saskatchewan Greenhouse Grower’s Association.

Colin Ratushniak has a lot to be excited about right now. The new mayor of La Ronge took the election with 406 of the 777 votes cast in the northern town. The remaining 371 votes split among the three other mayoral candidates.

A federal judge has reversed a decision turfing Thunderchild First Nation Coun. Michael Linklater. A Thunderchild appeal tribunal panel ousted Linklater for failing to live on the reserve — a move he said violated his Charter rights.

The financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has not been as hard on Saskatchewan’s finances as the spring budget had initially forecast, when this province was one of the first to release a budget in the wake of the pandemic.

A Sweetgrass First Nation man appeared in North Battleford Provincial Court today by CCTV and the matter was adjourned to Nov. 30.

Police officers from six detachments rapidly coordinated their resources to track and arrest five Westside gang members.

It has been announced that the Capitol Theatre in North Battleford is closing for movie showings, effective today.

Four residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Three of the deceased were residents from the North Central, Regina and South East zones and in the 80+ age group and one resident was from South Central in the 70-79 age group.

A new program at the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) College of Medicine is helping Saskatchewan physicians and nurse practitioners better support pediatric mental health needs in the province.

Over the past week, 100 Indigenous educators, thought leaders and representatives of education authorities across Canada convened to set the stage for systemic change in Indigenous land-based education.