Battlefords News-Optimist

Jim (James) Frederick Johnson was born July 19, 1939 and passed away July 19, 2017 at the age of 78 years.

Winston Tait of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, passed away on Saturday July 15, 2017 at the Battlefords Union Hospital at the age of 91 years.

At the Wounded Warriors greeting last Thursday at Fort Battleford, North Battleford Mayor Ryan Bater paid homage to TV personality Bob McGrath, who was in attendance. “This event is brought to you by the letters ‘N-B,’” Bater said.

When the North Battleford PeeWee AA Beavers started off their 2017 season, coach Carson Wouters asked the players to write down their goals for the year. “Everyone wanted to go out and win a provincial championship,” Wouters said.

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Submitted Lady Minto Health Care Center (LMHCC) in Edam will be the scene Aug. 2 of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the very first Lady Minto hospital in the community.

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Linda’s Lines

Submitted by the Canadian Crop Hail Association Overview Hot and dry weather continues to be the theme for the summer across the prairies. Crops are stressed and stunted across much of the southern regions in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Between July 28 and 29, the Maidstone RCMP responded to 52 requests for service. Of those, nine of those were related to break and enters and theft of vehicles.