Battlefords News-Optimist

The Riverview area was front and centre at North Battleford council Monday as several residents expressed concern about a couple of proposed developments there.

The Downtown Master Plan has been adopted in principle by North Battleford city council. The master plan, developed by consultants Crosby, Hanna and Associates, was adopted by council unanimously Monday.

If you have not yet made a contribution to your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) for 2016, you have only about six more weeks to get your act together. The deadline for 2016 contributions is March 1, 2017.

The field for this year’s Hoopla tournament will be set in stone after a number of regional competitions this weekend.

The tenants here at Tower II are all keeping busy with the different activities and entertainment we have here in our lounge. Feb 13 we were delighted to have Mel and Jan Cooke and friends to favour us with beautiful gospel songs.

In loving memory of Theodore (Ted) Bahrey. Ted was born January 24th, 1938 in North Battleford. He passed away peacefully February 2, 2017 at Battlefords Union Hospital.

Don’t fall for budget rhetoric Dear Editor Okay, folks, let's get real here. I'm sick and tired of blind Brad Wall supporters buying his schtick and repeating it as if it were gospel.

Dear Editor More people are looking with mistrust on some of the people who administer the law in Canada.

While genome analysis can alter the very practice of medicine, there is a fear it can be used to discriminate on the ground of genetic characteristics