Battlefords News-Optimist

Saskatchewan will be doing away with regional health authorities in favour of one single health authority across the province.

Unity News

Dear Editor There is an old saying that indicates you can never go back. In many respects that is true in many facets of our lives.

Two of the biggest surprises of the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season so far occurred Wednesday morning at the North Battleford Civic Centre during the Meridian Canadian Open.

Conventional wisdom is that 2016 was a lousy year for the whole wide world. Terrorism, war, political upheavals and a multitude of celebrity deaths marked the year.

Dear Editor In reference to “Still Suffering” (Regional Optimist, Dec. 29), undiagnosed abdominal pain among women living in this area seems here seems to be an endemic. Ms. Laing’s letter last week appears to be the tip of the iceberg.

2017 may be the year of the drone, or maybe not.

Alice Eileen Dustan, March 13, 1922 - December 20, 2016. Eileen passed away peacefully Dec 20, 2016 at River Heights Lodge, North Battleford, Sask.

In Loving Memory of Maymie Ella Nordgren, born October 23, 1924 at Glaslyn, Saskatchewan, passed away December 19, 2016 in Edam, Saskatchewan.

It was an interesting Tuesday for Brendan Bottcher.