Battlefords News-Optimist

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.

Letter

Linda’s Lines

The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts is in the red. How to turn it around was a prime focus of the remarks from Kali Weber, the Dekker Centre’s new general manager, at Monday’s North Battleford city council meeting.