Battlefords News-Optimist

With one week left in the regular season for the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League, the Hafford Hawks find themselves in the driver’s seat when it comes to earning home ice advantage through the playoffs.

A year and a half after the shooting incident took place, the trial of Gerald Stanley for the second-degree murder of Colten Boushie is about to start in Battleford. The first day, Jan.

The final crime statistical numbers are in for North Battleford for 2017, but while weapons offences are a concern, there wasn’t a dramatic change compared to a year ago.

The recent suicide tragedies involving high school students in North Battleford has drawn the attention of one high-profile mental health advocate. He is Michael Landsberg, sports broadcaster best known from TSN’s Off the Record.

One of two suspects charged in a vehicle theft case on the outskirts of North Battleford Dec. 8 will serve his time in a federal penitentiary. Matthew MacDonald, of Lacombe, Alta., appeared by CCTV in provincial court in North Battleford Thursday.

The new Battlefords Chamber of Commerce president Terry Caldwell had plenty on his mind after being sworn in Tuesday night of last week.

The next premier of Saskatchewan is Scott Moe. The Rosthern-Shellbrook MLA was declared the winner of the Sask Party leadership contest at the party’s convention in Saskatoon.

In their previous two meetings this year, it took overtime to decide the winner between the Battlefords North Stars and the Nipawin Hawks. On Friday night at the Civic Centre, the visitors made sure that an extra frame of hockey wasn’t needed.

Fire crews were on the scene Thursday afternoon responding to a house fire on the 1200 block of 110th Street. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services received the call at about 2:39 pm.

The much-anticipated second-degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley begins Monday in Battleford. Stanley is the man accused of shooting and killing Colten Boushie, of Red Pheasant First Nation, on private property in the RM of Glenside in August 2016.