Battlefords News-Optimist

It was a particularly eventful final day of the spring sitting of the legislature on Thursday, May 31.

Dear Editor This is something I have to get off my chest. I live at Valley View Towers in Tower one which was opened in 1978. Out at the back, until this year, there were little garden plots for the tenants who like to garden.

There will be some changes coming for Operation Red Nose in the Battlefords for the 2018 holiday season.

Six new faces have been added to the Battlefords North Stars long-term plans. As part of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s annual meeting in Nipawin Friday, all 12 teams in the league drafted players born in 2003 during the SJHL Bantam Draft.

Local youth will get information to help them make good decisions related to their own personal safety and well-being at home, at school and away from home, thanks to a community safety initiative being led by WPD Ambulance.

Town Council Notes

Sympathy goes out to the family of Neil Smith of Eagle Hills and Battleford on his recent passing at age 96. Neil and his late wife Ada were busy community people. Neil also was noted for his wonderful violin music.

The province has announced the successful applicants who will operate cannabis retail stores in the province.

Due to inclement conditions at the Battlefords Agricultural Society grounds, Friday's races for this weekend's Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association event have been cancelled.

The fire ban that had been in place in the city of North Battleford and the RM of North Battleford has been lifted. The fire ban had been in place since May 1.