Battlefords News-Optimist

Pinehouse Lake RCMP is asking for public assistance in locating three inmates who escaped lawful custody of the Besnard Lake Correctional Camp between Monday, Nov. 4, and Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Jonathon Kadler, president of the North Battleford Part-time Fire Fighter Association, says the group has started up their second annual sandbag fundraiser.

Submitted Applications for the 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games Legacy Fund are now being accepted.

CNW - November is Eczema Awareness Month, and to mark the occasion, Eczema Society of Canada (ESC) has launched “A Day with Eczema” - an intimate look into the life of a chronic eczema sufferer.

CNW - KFC Canada announced Tuesday that they are exploring eco-friendly alternatives for their world-famous buckets.

Submitted NuVista Energy Ltd. has established an evergreen scholarship titled the Walker Neumann Memorial Award in memory of Walker Neumann who passed away November 2018 in Calgary, Alta, at the age of 34 years.

Monday morning, the Lest We Forget flag was raised at North Battleford City Hall together with the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 70.

Unity RCMP have warrants issued for the arrest of 36-year-old Allan Eugene Opikokew of Dillon and 33-year-old Candace Kelly Gerard of Saskatoon. Unity RCMP are seeking to arrest the two subjects for an incident that occurred in Unity on Oct.

The Battlefords Barons were pushed to overtime twice this weekend in Centre Four league games this weekend at the Civic Centre. On Friday night, Nov. 1, the Barons won in overtime over the Prince Albert Dairy Queen Chill 4-3.

The Battlefords Sharks earned a split in midget female AAA action on the weekend against the Saskatoon Stars.