Battlefords News-Optimist

Why there are teepees on the lawn across from the legislature in Regina is likely a more important question than why the teepees are still there.

For North American readers, July is a month to celebrate. We Canadians mark July 1 as Canada Day, in tribute to our 151 years as a nation. To the south, our friends and neighbours celebrated their 242nd birthday July 4.

By Christalee Froese Published by Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing $24.

Meota News

The driver of a stolen truck involved in a fatal collision on Highway 16 that killed three Edmonton women has been sentenced to 10 years in a federal penitentiary. Brandon Stucka, 27, was sentenced at Queen’s Bench court in Battleford Friday.

Three months after the Humboldt Broncos team bus crash, RCMP have laid charges.

Saskatchewan’s hotel bars were busy places in the early 1900s. The typical hotel in 1910 had a long, ornate wooden bar complete with a large mirror behind it, brass foot rails and brass spittoons.

The Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health are advising the public to avoid swimming in or drinking water where blue-green algae blooms are occurring.

Medstead News

The good old summertime has arrived and residents of the Battlefords are flocking northward to enjoy their proximity to Jackfish Lake and Murray Lake. That means Highway 4 North is clogged with heavy traffic day in and day out.