Battlefords News-Optimist

The #StarsStandStrong Mental Health Initiative’s first mental health awareness event was held Saturday. It was the Youth Street Hockey Tournament and barbecue, with all proceeds going back to the community.

The City of North Battleford Leisure Services department and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design held the latest community barbecue Thursday, this time outside the Chapel Gallery.

Here is a roundup of results from the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League for the weekend ending June 16.

The Saskatchewan RCMP Roving Traffic Unit’s been netting more than traffic violations. After a drug seizure and charges April 17 and a drugs and weapon seizure and charges May 30, the unit has now seized contraband cigarettes.

Submitted by Saskatchewan Lotteries Wade Thomas made a change to a 35-year tradition, and it paid off one million times over. The Strasbourg resident and his mother, Jean, won a $1 million Maxamillions prize on the Tuesday, June 11 Lotto Max draw.

The recent issues over the hours of operation of crossings at the United States border were items on Larry Doke’s plate in the last few weeks. Doke has been actively lobbying his American counterparts to prevent a 24-hour port at Raymond, Mont.

The preliminary agenda has been released for the upcoming 29th Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Annual Summit in Saskatoon.

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A near full house got a sampling of classical music by locals, although Cole Knutson plans more performances in the near future. Knutson, a classically trained musician, presented the first concert of his summer recital series at St.

Promoters are saying Brett Kissel will open for Garth Brooks on Aug. 9 in Regina. New seats have been added for the show and are on sale Tuuesday at 10 a.m. More than 70,000 tickets have been sold. The Saturday, Aug. 10 show sold out in 59 minutes.