Battlefords News-Optimist

Some major Underground Pipes and Asphalt Replacement work begins Tuesday on 100 th Street downtown. Director of Planning and Development Jennifer Niesink reminded the public at council on Monday that the work begins Tuesday, July 2.

The busy Rotary Club of the Battlefords was at it again this past week, completing some ceremonial business.

Community safety co-ordinator Herb Sutton has left his role at the HUB table, largely due to other overall changes impacting the organization.

Oct. 26 is tentatively set as a date for a potential Repair Café event in North Battleford.

The province has announced that Murray Pelletier has been appointed to be a judge at the Provincial Court in North Battleford. He has been appointed to take over from Judge Bruce Bauer, who is transferring to Provincial Court in Saskatoon.

More graduating members of the Canalta Cup champion Battlefords North Stars have announced their next stops on their hockey journeys. Captain Cody Spagrud has committed to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.

In the wake of the draft report from Dr. Tarah Hodgkinson about community safety perceptions in North Battleford, city officials plan a communications campaign to present the findings to the public.

North Battleford Fire Department continues to see a major spike in needle pickups in 2019. One pickup in May caught the attention of council at their meeting Monday.

Efforts towards building a new eight-unit independent housing project for persons living with mental illness are moving ahead in North Battleford.

Submitted A Cochin man is $72,147.50 richer after a visit to the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority’s Gold Eagle Casino. Melvin Rose won the Dreamer jackpot on the Smoke Signals Progressive on June 23, 2019.