Battlefords News-Optimist

As hockey, politics and surveillance companies use data to try to determine things about the world, data literacy is gaining importance.

The City of North Battleford is joining up with the Town of Battleford to develop a regional parks and recreation master plan. Council passed a resolution Monday to commit to working with the Town to develop that master plan.

To no one’s surprise the opposition New Democrats did not have much enthusiasm for the speech from the throne delivered Wednesday. It was filled with “old news and old noise” according to NDP Leader Ryan Meili in a news release Wednesday.

Old Man Winter might be breathing down our necks, but the construction season doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. It was reported last week that the City of North Battleford’s construction permit total through September has a value of $23.

2018 hasn’t been Chrissy Gamble’s luckiest year. Earlier this year she had chiral malformation decompression surgery to prevent part of her brain falling into her spine. Another incident occurred Sept. 10.

"You fix your roof when it is not raining, and you put your snow tires on before the snow flies,” I told Ed last week. I’m getting my snow tires put on next week, so I'm ready for the winter that will undoubtedly come our wa.

Guilty pleas have been entered in connection to the incident Sept. 16 in which a vehicle containing a child was stolen from a North Battleford strip mall. Johnathan Gunville has entered guilty pleas to 11 counts in North Battleford Provincial Court.

With the Global Ag Risk Solutions Division already tight, the Battlefords North Stars have three important divisional games in four nights this week.

Borden and Radisson News

For most third-quarter crime statistics in North Battleford, the trend is going in the right direction — down. That is the indication from the numbers submitted Monday night to city council by the Battlefords RCMP detachment.