Battlefords News-Optimist

Submitted The 2019/20 Toastmasters season was a successful one for the Battlefords Toastmasters Club 1512. This year, the club adopted the motto “Encourage. Communicate. Lead.

One of the frequently asked questions people have about the sport of cheerleading is about the levels at competitions. First of all, there are two main streams of cheerleading.

Letter to the Editor

Another North Battleford event is not going ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials with CurlSask have announced that the annual Prairieland Curling Camp slated for Twin Rivers Curling Club for August has been cancelled.

In a rare occurrence, fishermen from Vancouver snagged a barracuda in Alberni Inlet when they were out on a salmon testing program for the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).

High water levels swamped wild rice crops across Saskatchewan’s north this month.

Turtleford, as well as the RM and Town of Mervin, are among the 50 Saskatchewan communities benefiting from SGI’s Provincial Traffic Safety Fund. The fund is investing $550,000 province-wide.

Gardening in Saskatchewan can look different from one hardiness zone to the next. For those in the north, learning to garden in harsher climes can spell healthier food and better food security.

When entering Saskatchewan from Manitoba on the Trans-Canada Highway, there used to be a tourism information centre, but after that was sold to the Town of Moosomin — and ultimately relocated to the Pipestone Hills Golf Course — the provincial entran

The public is advised of heightened risks surrounding all water activities involving the North Saskatchewan and Churchill River systems, and their tributaries, as well as the South Saskatchewan River system. According to the Water Security Agency.