Battlefords News-Optimist

Event overshadowed by death of Saskatchewan curler Aly Jenkins

The 3A girls provincial soccer playdowns got started at Centennial Field in North Battleford on Friday afternoon, hosted by Chief Little Pine School. The first game featured Middle Lake versus Waldheim, while the 2 p.m.

Audit to be conducted; NDP voices concerns

An exhibition inspired by the North Saskatchewan River oil spill of 2016 has made its way to the ARC Creative Studios for an exhibition.

In the early morning hours of Oct. 23, Onion lake RCMP responded to the report of a disturbance at a residence on the Onion Lake First Nation. When the police and EMS arrived, they found an unresponsive male in medical distress.

Battlefords Housing Authority has been the subject of controversy over issues at their various properties in Battleford and North Battleford. Now they have ended up on the losing end of a wrongful termination lawsuit. On Thursday, Oct.

Living Sky School Division enrolment numbers are in and they are not good. As of Sept. 30, a total of 5,392 students were enrolled in Kindergarten through Grade 12 throughout the division, down from 5,463 from Sept. 30, 2018.

Unity News

Submitted Scott Woods and his band will be in Medstead Sunday, Nov. 17, for an uplifting two-hour live family-friendly show, featuring lots of favourite Christmas carols, fun fiddle tunes, as well as traditional country and gospel songs.

The Western Development Museum in North Battleford just received another generous donation from Lloyd How of Caleb Village, formerly from Cut Knife.