Battlefords News-Optimist

By Dan Kraus Senior Conservation Biologist Nature Conservancy of Canada People living in the northern hemisphere have brought trees and boughs into their homes during the winter for thousands of years.

Unity News

UPDATE: As of Friday, RCMP continue to look for leads on the two suspects who robbed a store in North Battleford early Thursday morning. BACKGROUND: On Thursday at 1:28 a.m.

There are recycling programs for your Christmas tree in both the city of North Battleford and the town of Battleford. The City of North Battleford is once again offering to recycle Christmas trees into chips for mulch.

The Battlefords Union Hospital welcomed its New Year’s baby at 12:35 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Jesse Michael Wurz was born to Michelle and Jerry Wurz at BUH, officially making him the Battlefords’ first baby of 2019.

It did not take long for the firearms offences to get started in North Battleford in 2019.

Saskatchewan Skies

CNW – From our snow-covered national capital and the traditional territory of the Algonquin people, I salute you. In the Algonquin language: Nidanami kwak kakina anishnabek.

There were four games in the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League on the final weekend before the end of 2018. On Friday night Meota Combines beat the Spiritwood Timberwolves 10-4 in a game played in Medstead.

A share of the division lead slipped from the grasp of the Battlefords North Stars this weekend at the Civic Centre.