Battlefords News-Optimist

It is easy to get caught up in the day and lose sight of how small of a population there is in the province of Saskatchewan.

Recently, on a Sunday evening, the Maidstone Legion Ladies Auxillary met at the club room for a delicious pot luck supper. After supper, service pins were presented. Some of the members were unable to attend but will receive their pens later.

The Borden United Church held their annual meeting the afternoon of Jan. 28 after the regular church service.

Dear Editor Reading about the excitement building for Canada’s Agriculture Day is a farce (Farmer Rancher Jan. 25, 2018). It is not about agriculture at all, but about Agri-business.

John Cairns’ Leg Watch Special Report

Court proceedings involving Brandon Stucka have been adjourned until Thursday, March 1 at 11:00 a.m.

2018 is almost a month old and Battlefords Community Players are busy preparing three full-length productions.

Waxed armpit hair, rink burgers, and the disappearing testicles of the Red Bull by the highway were some of the quirks in Jonny Harris’s stand-up set appearing as part of the episode of CBC’s Still Standing that will feature Radisson.

Family, friends and supporters of Colten Boushie, have been attending court and speaking with reporters on the courthouse steps in Battleford this week at the Gerald Stanley seconddegree murder trial.

Scott Moe has been sworn in as the new Premier of Saskatchewan and his new cabinet has been sworn in as well. The cabinet sees four former cabinet ministers return to lead ministries, and one MLA appointed to cabinet for the first time.