Battlefords News-Optimist

It was a brief court appearance for Joshua Tucker Friday. Tucker, charged with the second-degree murder of Gordon Ernest Tucker near Cochin in June, appeared by closed-circuit TV in provincial court in North Battleford.

How best to preserve the history of the old Saskatchewan Hospital site continues to be a top priority for members of the Battlefords North West Historical Society. At an open house Aug.

Battlefords North Stars hockey season is not far away. This was the scene last week at the North Battleford Civic Centre at the team’s fall camp.

Radouga Distilleries Inc. of Blaine Lake is one of five finalists for the 2018 Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership Export Award. The winner of the award will be unveiled at the STEP annual general meeting on Oct.18 in Regina.

Appointments to housing authority boards in Maidstone, Meota and Spiritwood have been announced by the Saskatchewan Housing Corporation.

Nominations have been announced for the eight categories of the Battlefords Business Excellence Awards, happening Oct. 2 2018 at Gold Eagle Casino.

In the aftermath of the Federal Court of Appeal’s horrendous decision to stop work on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, this is what one pipeliner told me that day: “Eight thousand jobs disappeared this morning, and one of them was mine.

Council notes: Aug. 20 meeting

Battlefords RCMP have arrested Jay Shia, 30.

Local dignitaries and members of the public gathered recently to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Battlefords Family Health Centre garden project. The garden is located in Battleford at the Eiling Kramer Campground.