Battlefords News-Optimist

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox gave some recognition to the team of Robyn Silvernagle in the legislature.

MAIDSTONE March 19 – Ruth Weinhandl had her family home on the weekend when they helped her daughter Colleen and Ralph celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Congratulations to you both.

Here is a look at the playoff hockey scores for games involving local area teams this weekend. In senior action the Wilkie Outlaws got a 7-5 win over Macklin Mohawks at Wilkie on Friday to open the finals in the Sask West Hockey League.

A ban on single-use plastics is likely to be on City Hall’s planning committee agenda in the near future.

Both the 2018 Citizen of the Year and Junior Citizen of the Year were honoured by the community Friday night. The Junior Citizen Alyssa Woodrow and Citizen of the Year Pius Pfeifer were honoured at a dinner held at the Western Development Museum.

On Monday, March 18, at 9:20 p.m., the Battlefords RCMP Detachment received a complaint of an armed robbery of a food delivery driver that occurred outside a residence on the 800 block of 110th Street in North Battleford.

Rivers West District for Sport, Culture and Recreation has announced the 2019 award recipients of the Rivers West District Volunteer Recognition Awards.

It has been a somewhat raucous spring session of the legislature at times, with heated and animated exchanges among MLAs. But the member’s statement from the MLA for Weyburn, Dustin Duncan, brought a different reaction Thursday.

The Battleford Beaver Blues are the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League champions for 2018-19. They did it with a 4-3 overtime win in the decisive game three of the series at the Battleford Arena.

A new act enhances the existing powers of Saskatchewan police services in missing person investigations where there is no reason to suspect a crime has taken place.