Battlefords News-Optimist

Mervin 4-H Beef Club had a regular meeting Jan. 22. The date was set for the club’s public speaking evening. It will be held Feb. 23 at the Mervin Complex starting at 7 p.m. Achievement Day was discussed as well as our club constitution. Jan.

Three individuals are facing charges under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act after a search conducted in Leask Friday. Prince Albert Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit conducted an investigation on a property in that community.

There are some changes coming to the 28th annual North Battleford Art Auction and Dinner on March 10. One is that the annual art auction, hosted at the Chapel Gallery, is no longer being organized by the Bonaventure Lions Club.

The spread of gig work affects the economic and social well-being of households, from issues with earnings to labour standards concerns

Walking With Our Sisters North Battleford will hold its second-annual Memorial Round Dance on Feb. 23.

To get through this time of year, I try to keep myself busy looking for news wherever it might be. Unfortunately, it’s pretty hard to cover municipal politics when everyone in municipal politics is somewhere else.

Delegates at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Convention in Saskatoon gave their approval to most of the resolutions before them Tuesday, with one exception. A motion to switch to staggered municipal elections was defeated Tuesday afternoon.

Highest per hectare bid for a parcel west of St. Walburg

The gesture that costs nothing more than a down payment on decency becomes noteworthy precisely because it asks for no return, even ask for thanks

Maidstone Drop In Centre