Battlefords News-Optimist

Canadian country artist Aaron Pritchett is bringing his “Out on the Town” tour to the Battlefords later this month. Pritchett is the headliner on Sept. 29 at the Gold Eagle Casino in North Battleford.

The end of a long regulatory process is finally in sight for North Battleford-based Envirosafe Chemicals Canada.

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Prayers and deepest thoughts goes out to the Frerichs family of Turtleford and to the Neilson family of the Battlefords on the recent passing of Marion Frerichs (nee Neilson) on Aug. 29 at the age of 66 at the Battlefords Union Hospital.

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Christine Wahobin loved her grandmother, but the relationship wasn’t typical. Mary Wahoben, who passed away in 2008, was hereditary chief of Lean Man band, one part of Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head-Lean Man First Nation.

As Trudeau has learned, keeping dirty little secrets in the closet can end up biting you in the ass at the worse possible moment

Battleford’s postponed downtown street festival is taking place this weekend, on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 21. The Fall Festival and Street Fair is hosted by the Battleford Community Spirit Group.

The completion of the new Holiday Inn Express and Suites Hotel in North Battleford has already attracted plenty of interest from visitors and local residents alike. People are dropping by to look inside the hotel, said hotel owner Gary Brar.

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