Battlefords News-Optimist

This year’s 4-H Expo, hosted by the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association, marked 101 years of 4-H in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

In 1909, shortly after the railway arrived, George Stalker and his partner Howard Hudson spared no expense building the grand, three-storey Shellbrook Hotel on the corner of Railway Avenue and Main Street, directly across from the train station.

Co-op is helping to build a place for everyone in Hafford with funding for the Hafford and District Recreation Board. The Co-op Community Spaces Program is providing $54,000 to help turn an abandoned and contaminated railroad bed into a new park.

By Tim Lilburn Published by University of Regina Press $19.95 ISBN 978-0-88977-530-5 Years ago I lived a block from poet and essayist Tim Lilburn in Saskatoon’s leafy City Park area, and it’s been wonderful to watch his literary star rise.

Borden and Radisson News

Battlefords Vignettes

The RCMP Crime Reduction Team initiative will be permanently expanded and North Battleford will be a key part of the expansion.

The Battlefords North Stars a number of player acquisitions this past week. Three new players are coming to the team, with two of them joining brothers who are already on the roster.