Battlefords News-Optimist

Here is a look at some of the items to come up at council at the Monday, July 15 meeting. BYLAWS A couple of bylaws were passed unanimously at Monday night’s meeting.

It promises to be a bigger and better North Battleford International Street Performer Festival in 2019. The sixth-annual Festival runs July 26 and 27, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

North Battleford will be taking advantage of some funding opportunities made possible through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Fund.

The Western Development Museum in North Batteford last week held a bee that was well attended. They are putting a few final touches on things to get ready for Those Were the Days in August.

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Historical reasons and potential development are motivators behind the Town of Battleford approving the purchase of land from the Oblates. The Oblates are selling just under nine acres of land near Government House to Battleford for $75,000.

Family and friends joined Blanche Nichol on July 11 to celebrate her 105th birthday. She currently is a resident at River Heights Lodge in North Battleford. She was born at Invermay on July 11, 1914.

The Rotary district governor representing North Battleford was in the city July 15 for a Monday noon-hour meeting with Battlefords Rotary Club members. Tracey Vavrek, a member of the Rotary Club of Grande Prairie, Alta.

North Battleford Transit’s request for funding to purchase a new Handi-bus has received approvals from both the City of North Battleford and the Town of Battleford.

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