Battlefords News-Optimist

A fight between the hamlet of Lone Rock and the RM of Wilton spilled over into a Battleford courtroom Wednesday, Feb. 20.

The Robyn Silvernagle team has been eliminated in the semifinals of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sydney. Team Saskatchewan lost to Ontario and Rachel Homan 9-7 on Sunday, setting up an Alberta-Ontario final in the evening.

Submitted SIGA has once again earned a spot as a Top Saskatchewan Employer, awarded by Canada’s Top 100 Employers project.

Innovation Credit Union, for the second year in a row, has been selected as a recipient of the Employee Recommended Workplace Award by the Globe and Mail and Morneau Shepell.

The images of Marcel Petit and Wendy Sharpe’s new Chapel Gallery exhibit are all too familiar for rural Saskatchewanians, although they look for beauty in rural buildings locals might consider old junk.

January turned out to be a busy month as SGI focused on impaired driving offences during its January Traffic Safety Spotlight.

Friday is shaping up as a crucial day for Robyn Silvernagle and Team Saskatchewan at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Dear Editor I was very late crawling into bed one night. Actually, it was more like one morning. The bedside radio was set at the CBC; at night it picks up programs from public broadcasting stations all over the world, which I find very interesting.

After well over a week of extreme temperatures dipping below -40º C, Medstead’s weather broke with a Saturday snowfall. After several bus cancellations, the week concluded with operational school buses before the start of Reading Week on Feb. 16.

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