Battlefords News-Optimist

Among the several reasons I did not take after my father and grandfathers before him as a farmer was this little thing called $2 wheat.

If you have a needle tree (evergreen) in your landscape you’ve probably noticed some discolouration (yellowing or browning) in some of the interior needles around this time.

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Lakeland College alumnus Margaret Page has been elected second vice-president of Toastmasters International, the world’s largest global organization dedicated to communication and leadership skills development.

• The Battleford and District Museum and Heritage Board read letters opposing demolishing the Old St. Vital Church in Battleford, and voted unanimously to leave the church “in present state.

Another era of prohibition has ended. As of yesterday, Oct. 17, the use of recreational marijuana was legalized in Canada. The alcohol prohibition experiment in Saskatchewan was in effect from 1916 to 1924.

The Battlefords North Stars returned to the win column Wednesday with a much-needed 4-0 triumph over the struggling La Ronge Ice Wolves. Goaltender Joel Grzybowski earned his first shutout of the season with the win.

New hotels and new movie theatres aren’t the only new builds in North Battleford right now. Another project now under construction has finally been officially announced as a Giant Tiger outlet.

Efforts by the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce to restore VIA rail passenger service to North Battleford seem to have new momentum after recent meetings in Lloydminster.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Jackie Kroczynski, took part in a workshop with renowned Canadian jazz educator Gordon Foote Oct. 12, at the University of Saskatchewan.