Battlefords News-Optimist

In honour of the people who go the extra mile for the community, the Citizen of the Year banquet is taking place Friday, Feb. 2 at the Western Development Museum.

After a long layoff due to the Christmas break and a pair of postponements last week, the Battlefords North Stars made up for lost time Wednesday night. In their first Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game since a 5-1 victory on Saturday, Dec.

On Thursday, Nov. 23, BATC CDC presented the Saskatchewan Winter Games committee with a $125,000 cheque. BATC CDC will also receive naming rights for the opening and closing ceremonies, the biathlon and cross-country events.

Battlefords RCMP police are investigating a shooting incident in the city that happened overnight on Jan. 2. At 9:40 a.m. that morning Battlefords RCMP responded to a residence on 107 St. in North Battleford.

Battlefords RCMP are warning that there are fraudulent emails and phone calls that are occurring in the area, where people are seeking personal information and/or donations on behalf of different agencies – including the RCMP.

Unity RCMP are reporting a “dramatic” increase in STARS Lottery scams over the holiday season.

Handbags of Hope is a program in which volunteers donate gently used purses filled with personal care items to those who have left an abusive situation with nothing but the clothes on their back.

North Battleford residents have until the end of the month to turn in their used Christmas trees at the parks shop at 11202-8th Avenue. According to a news release, the City of North Battleford will be accepting the live trees until Jan.

As ever, it was another exciting year in the sports world, with a ton of classic games along the way.

For Blake Young, the start of 2018 marks the final stages of his college hockey career, as he’s officially in the final stretch of his four-year stint with the NCAA’s Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.