Battlefords News-Optimist

Early September enrolment numbers are in for Living Sky School Division, and they’re higher than projections. Living Sky projected 5,416 students to be in the division’s schools. Enrolment on Sept. 6 was 5,543, or 127 higher than projected.

There it was, floating, as it were, on the booth’s table. Well away from sticky fingers, in all of its seven-and-a-half foot long glory, was the USS Flagg, the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier.

North Battleford officials had a big headache to deal with in August when hazardous material was brought in to the Waste Management Facility.

Dear Editor Why do we think government agents with bulldozers and wrecking balls can come in and destroy our 100-year-old heritage building – our Grand Old Dame – our magnificent structure, which should be passed on to our children and grandchildren.

Children now have a new natural spaces playground to enjoy in North Battleford. Construction has completed on the new playground, funded by the City of North Battleford and by Battlefords Early Childhood Intervention Program.

Turtleford RCMP are reporting a suspicious death on Thunderchild First Nation RCMP are reporting they received a complaint Sept. 15 of an unresponsive male at a residence on the Thunderchild First Nation.

The 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games were a big financial winner for the Battlefords, and now decisions must be made on how to divide up the surplus.

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