Battlefords News-Optimist

Neighbourly Advice According to Ed

As expected, dates have been set for preliminary hearings for two individuals charged with the first degree murder in July of Mark Douglas Jonson in North Battleford.

Submitted Best-selling, award-winning author Marion Mutala has penned her 11th book. My Dearest Dido: The Holodomor Story is a haunting account of the innocent victims of Stalin’s vicious regime known as the Holodomor.

What’s in a name? Another long-established local law firm has decided to ditch the names of the partners in its branding by going with a new regionally-focused title.

From the Top of the Pile

The Canadian Press The latest failure of a Calgary-based junior oil and gas producer could add more than 1,400 wells to a provincial inventory of orphaned petroleum assets, warns the Alberta Orphan Well Association.

The Canadian Press Buckingham Palace says new outfits designed for Queen Elizabeth II will not use real fur. The palace said Wednesday the decision does not mean the queen will dispose of all the fur outfits she already has.

The Canadian Press Conservative MPs have voted against giving themselves the power to kick Andrew Scheer out as leader of the party, The Canadian Press has learned.

Meota News

The continued woes of the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford were back in Question Period in the legislature this week.