Battlefords News-Optimist

Thanks to a recent donation, women at the Interval House will have necessary items after they leave the shelter. Sunco Drywall Ltd.

The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour made another stop in North Battleford this year, as young golfers from around the province competed at the North Battleford Golf and Country Club this weekend.

Two men are facing firearms charges as a result of an incident Saturday that began with a report of a firearm being pointed at a person on Saulteaux First Nation shortly after 6 p.m.

You can’t blame people for tuning out of politics because of the sneaky, self-serving and mealy-mouthed way politicians sometimes do things. But maybe part of the problem is we don’t give enough credit to politicians when they do behave honourably.

If someone tells you growing roses in Saskatchewan is like growing any other shrub, either they have never grown roses, or they lucked out with their soil, microclimate and the particular cultivar they were growing.

Recently, you may have seen stories on the shift of conservation officer duties to police work, from traditional fish and wildlife enforcement. Don’t be confused, our focus is and always will be the protection of fish and wildlife resources.

We live in a world where exploring every religious or spiritual option is the popular thing to do so. Simple as it sounds, accepting Scripture as inspired is seen as “outdated.

Medstead News

Husky officials say they are applying all the lessons learned from the 2016 North Saskatchewan oil spill in designing new pipelines that will run from Lloydminster all the way up to the RM of Frenchman Butte.

Living Sky School Division staff made a presentation last week at a board meeting regarding engagement of First Nation, Métis and Inuit students and discussed how some students are declaring Indigenous identity.