Battlefords News-Optimist

MAIDSTONE – Cribbage was played at the Drop In Centre on Monday, Dec. 10, with high score going to Hazel MacEachern and low to Lois Myer. Lunch was provided by Bev Stewart. Bingo was played Wednesday, Dec.

Saskatchewan RCMP have released details to the public about results of an internal review of the member-involved shooting death of Brydon Whitstone on Oct. 21, 2017.

The Town of Battleford hosted an open house Wednesday last week for residents to see and ask questions about the pumphouse recently completed to serve West Park.

The first case management conference into the Husky environmental charges took place Tuesday afternoon at North Battleford Provincial Court.

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It has been confirmed Discovery Co-op will be moving into the former location of Super A Foods in Battleford. In a news release Monday, Discovery Co-op said renovations are underway and a new food store and pharmacy will be coming to the location.

North Battleford was the venue on the weekend for some of the top young curlers in the province to play for the right to represent Saskatchewan at next year’s Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.

Wilkie RCMP report that several pieces of heavy equipment have been stolen from a rural site. Sometime overnight on Thursday, Dec. 13, suspects broke into a storage unit on a rural property north of Wilkie, says an RCMP news release issued Monday.

It could not have been a more exciting way for the Battlefords North Stars to enter the Christmas break. An overtime goal by Quintin Loon-Stewardson gave the North Stars a 2-1 win at home over the Nipawin Hawks on Sunday evening.

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