Battlefords News-Optimist

The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is proud to announce the selection of Garry Anderson of Medicine Hat, Alta., into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category. He will be inducted on Saturday, Aug. 19 in Battleford.

With only two weeks left in the regular season, it’s becoming harder to tell who exactly will come out on top in all four divisions in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League.

Charges have been laid following the incident and police standoff on the 2000 block of 101st Street in North Battleford on Saturday morning. In custody are 18-year-old Darby Johnson and 23-year-old Marty Moccasin both of North Battleford.

The minimum wage in Saskatchewan will increase to $10.96 an hour, from $10.72 an hour, on Oct. 1, 2017. The increase was calculated using an indexation formula that has been used since 2011.

Submitted A recent Tuesday night found a group of Rotarians at Rotary Park at the Chamber of Commerce site. The local Rotary Club established the park for use by travellers and the general public over 25 years ago.

A lengthy police standoff has come to an end in North Battleford. Battlefords RCMP had responded to what they called a firearm complaint on the 2000 block of 101st Street this morning.

Buying a new building comes with its fair share of headaches. Not many buildings come with needing a “Bat Droppings Verification Inspection Report.

Dear Editor Last week, I had the insulting experience of being told that I, and others who share my opinion, should buy back STC. Note that I wrote ‘buy back’ not ‘buy.’ A crown corporation, STC was owned by the people of Saskatchewan.

Dear Editor On June 9, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. the Greyhound bus from Edmonton arrived at the North Battleford Depot. A male passenger entered the depot asking for a ticket on the seven o'clock bus to Meadow Lake.

Dear Editor I am writing in response to Brian Zinchuk’s Top of the Pile column from the June 15, 2017 Regional Optimist entitled “If you love it so much, why don’t you buy it.” Mr.